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 |
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| 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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