Simos Ioannidis
Simos Ioannidis is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Simos Ioannidis, Koryfi and Trivouno. In 1957, the village was renamed after Simos Ioannidis, a Greek revolutionary active during the Macedonian Struggle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 276 residents
- Description: village in Florina, Greece
- Also known as: “Kalívia”, “Kalívia Kaloyerítsa”, “Kaloyerítsa”, “Simos Ioannidis, Florina”, and “Νέο Χωριό”
- Historically known as: “Motesnitsa”
- Postal code: 53100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Folclore Museum of Culture Club of Florina and Koules of Florina.
Folclore Museum of Culture Club of Florina
Museum
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The Florina Culture Club was founded in 1980, originally as a film club. It later branched out into other activities, one of which was the founding of the Folklore Museum in the former Diethnes Hotel, a building in the eclectic style in the city centre. Folclore Museum of Culture Club of Florina is situated 3½ km east of Simos Ioannidis.
Koules of Florina
Castle
Photo: DimitriosRingas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koules of Florina is a castle, which is situated 4 km east of Simos Ioannidis.
Saint Pantaleon Church
Church
Photo: Αλέξανδρος, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saint Pantaleon Church is situated 4 km east of Simos Ioannidis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Florina and Skopia.
Florina
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Florina is a town of fewer than 20,000 people in West Macedonia, northern in Greece. Florina is the gateway to the Prespa Lakes and it is a useful staging post from North Macedonia into Greece.
Skopia
Village
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Skopia Gorno Nevoljani) is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. Philologist André Mazon was in Ano Nevolani. In 1917, the village had 1300 people and composed of 230 Christian houses and 60 Turkish houses. Skopia is situated 4½ km east of Simos Ioannidis.
Alona
Village
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Alona is a mountainous village in the region of Florina, northern Greece. It is located on the slope of mountain Pelister, in an average height of 1,000 metres. According to the 2021 Greek census, it had 164 inhabitants. Alona is situated 4½ km west of Simos Ioannidis.
Simos Ioannidis
- Category: locality
- Location: Florina, West Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.77892° or 40° 46′ 44″ northLongitude
21.35922° or 21° 21′ 33″ eastPopulation
276Elevation
769 metres (2,523 feet)Open location code
8GG3Q9H5+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 301803932OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
736020Wikidata ID
Q12286307
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Simos Ioannidis” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Матешница”
- Cebuano: “Símos Ioannídis”
- French: “Motesnítsa”
- French: “Símos Ioannídis”
- Greek: “Μοτεσνίτσα” (historical)
- Greek: “Νέο Χωριό Φλώρινας”
- Greek: “Σίμος Ιωαννίδης Φλώρινας”
- Greek: “Σίμος Ιωαννίδης”
- Macedonian: “Матешница”
- Serbian: “Матешница”
- Swedish: “Símos Ioannídis”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Simos Ioannidis”. Photo: Подпоручик, CC BY-SA 3.0.