Vyssinia
Community in Macedonia, Greece
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Vyssinia (Greek: Βυσσινιά, before 1926: Βύσανη – Vysani)[2] is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
Vyssinia | |
|---|---|
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Kastoria |
| Municipal unit | Vitsi |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 97 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[3] The Vyssinia had a total of 664 inhabitants, and was populated by 650 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.[4]