Lithia, Kastoria
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Lithia | |
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  Lithia | |
| Coordinates: 40°31′15″N 21°24′36″E / 40.52083°N 21.41000°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Kastoria |
| Municipal unit | Agioi Anargyroi |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 263 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Lithia (Greek: Λιθιά, before 1926: Κομανίτσοβον – Komanitsovon)[2] is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
The 1920 Greek census recorded 755 people in the village, and 260 inhabitants (30 families) were Muslim in 1923.[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Komanitsovo were from East Thrace (3) and Pontus (20) in 1926.[3] The 1928 Greek census recorded 642 village inhabitants.[3] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 21 (76 people).[3]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[4] The village Lithia had a total of 733 inhabitants, and was populated by 365 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.[5]