Ptelea, Kastoria
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Ptelea | |
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  Ptelea | |
| Coordinates: 40°27′43.3″N 21°04′23.97″E / 40.462028°N 21.0733250°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Nestorio |
| Municipal unit | Nestorio |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 273 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ptelea (Greek: Πτελιά, before 1928: Γκρέντση – Gkrentsi,[2] between 1928 and 1949: Φτελιά – Ftelia)[3] is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[4] The village had a total of 472 inhabitants, and was populated by 450 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.[5]