Kipoureio
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Kipoureio
Κηπουρείο | |
|---|---|
  Kipoureio | |
| Coordinates: 39°57.2′N 21°21.7′E / 39.9533°N 21.3617°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Grevena |
| Municipality | Grevena |
| Municipal unit | Gorgiani |
| Area | |
• Community | 40.285 km2 (15.554 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 840 m (2,760 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 125 |
| • Density | 3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 510 31 |
| Area code(s) | +30-2462 |
| Vehicle registration | PN |
Kipoureio or Kipourio (Greek: Κηπουρείο or Κηπουριό) is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Gorgiani, of which it was a municipal district and the seat.[2] The 2021 census recorded 125 residents in the village.[1] The community of Kipoureio covers an area of 40.285 km2.[3]
In the early nineteenth century, traveller William Martin Leake wrote Kipoureio was a Vlach village.[4] According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 600 Greek Christians lived in the village in 1900.[5] Historian Nicholas Hammond described Kipoureio as a Vlach village during his travels in the area during the interwar period.[6] Historian Asterios Koukoudis states Kipoureio possibly experienced a process of assimilation, similar to the village of Mikrolivado.[4]
