Mesonisi, Florina
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Mesonisi | |
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  Mesonisi | |
| Coordinates: 40°47′34″N 21°27′49″E / 40.79278°N 21.46361°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Florina |
| Municipal unit | Florina |
| Community | Mesonisi |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 166 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Mesonisi (Greek: Μεσονήσι, before 1926: Λάζενι – Lazeni)[2][3] is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the community of Mesonisi. Nearby the village is Mesonisi railway station.[4]
Lazeni is an old Christian village and a record of its existence is from an Ottoman register (15th century).[5] The village had 500 inhabitants in 1912 and most belonged to the Bulgarian Exarchate with a few families affiliated to the Patriarchate.[5] The village population numbered 200 in 1928.[5]