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Administrative Region : West Macedonia
Regional unit : Kastoria

Lithia (Λιθιά) Kastoria

Lithia is a mountain village in the Regional Unit of Kastoria with an altitude of 760 meters [1].

Geography - History

Lithia is located on the border with the Kozani Regional Unit, 28 km east of Kastoria. North of the village passes the provincial road Amynteou - Kastoria. An important attraction is the post-Byzantine church of Agios Dimitrios, which since 1996 has been declared a historic monument. It is a single-aisled church, with a wooden roof and narthex and decorated with frescoes of 1783 [2]. Its old name is Komanitsovon and so it is mentioned in 1918 in the Government Gazette 259A - 29/12/1918 that the seat of the homonymous community is defined. In 1926, with the Government Gazette 413A - 22/11/1926, it was renamed Lithia [3]. It is the local community of Lithia that belongs to the municipal unit of Agioi Anargyroi of the Municipality of Kastoria and according to the 2011 census has a population of 311 inhabitants [4].

References

Encyclopedia New Structure. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 121 vol.20.
"Permanent CATALOG OF MAIN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES AND MEMORIES". listedmonuments.culture.gr. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
"EETAA-Hellenic Society for Local Development and Local Government SA". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
"Government Gazette of permanent Population Results", p. 10553 (p. 79 of pdf)

Municipal unit Agioi Anargyroi
Community Vasileiada
Αγία Παρασκευή, η
Vasileiada (Βασιλειάς, η)
Verga (Βέργα, η)
Community Korisos
Άγιος Νικόλαος, ο
Korisos (Κορησός, η)
Community Lithia
Lithia (Λιθιά, η)
Community Melissotopos
Melissotopos (Μελισσότοπος, ο)
Μονή Αγίων Αναργύρων, η
Stavropotamos (Σταυροπόταμος, ο)

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