Tsakoni, Kastoria
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Tsakoni | |
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  Tsakoni | |
| Coordinates: 40°28′40″N 21°9′37″E / 40.47778°N 21.16028°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Kastoria |
| Municipal unit | Agia Triada |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 246 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Tsakoni (Greek: Τσάκονη) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
The 1920 Greek census recorded 354 people in the village, and 200 inhabitants (40 families) were Muslim in 1923.[2] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Tsakoni were from Asia Minor (10) and Pontus (18) in 1926.[2] The 1928 Greek census recorded 341 village inhabitants.[2] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 26 (106 people).[2]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[3] The village Tsakoni had a total of 466 inhabitants, and was populated by 50 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.[4]
