Avgi
Avgi is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The 1920 Greek census recorded 312 people in the village, and 200 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 159 residents
- Description: village in Greece, Western Macedonia
- Also known as: “Avgí”, “Avgi, Kastoria”, and “Avyí”
- Historically known as: “Brestani”, “Bresteni”, and “Krya Nera”
- Postal code: 52200
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Nicholas Church.
Saint Nicholas Church
Church
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Saint Nicholas Church is situated 4 km east of Avgi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pentavryso and Lakkomata.
Pentavryso
Village
Pentavryso is a village in Kastoria Municipality, in Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The village centre is on an altitude of 790 m. Pentavryso is sprawling from the northern slopes of a range of green and sandy hills of the Tsemna range. Pentavryso is situated 3 km west of Avgi.
Lakkomata
Village
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Lakkomata is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Lakkomata, Krya Nera and Lachanokipoi. Lakkomata is situated 3 km southeast of Avgi.
Krya Nera
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Krya Nera is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the community of Lakkomata. In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria. Krya Nera is situated 3½ km south of Avgi.
Avgi
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kastoria, Kastoria, West Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.44928° or 40° 26′ 57″ northLongitude
21.17514° or 21° 10′ 31″ eastPopulation
159Elevation
730 metres (2,395 feet)Open location code
8GG3C5XG+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1802959630OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
736666Wikidata ID
Q3405129
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Turkish—“Avgi” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Breshtanji”
- Bulgarian: “Брешчени”
- Bulgarian: “Брещани”
- Bulgarian: “Брещени”
- Cebuano: “Avgí”
- Dutch: “Avgí”
- French: “Avgi”
- German: “Avgi”
- Greek: “Αυγή Καστοριάς”
- Greek: “Αυγή”
- Greek: “Κρύα Νερά” (historical)
- Greek: “Μπρέστανη” (historical)
- Greek: “Μπρέστενη” (historical)
- Irish: “Avgi”
- Macedonian: “Авги”
- Macedonian: “Брештени”
- Macedonian: “Брешчени”
- Russian: “Авьи”
- Serbian: “Брештени”
- Swedish: “Avgí”
- Turkish: “Breştani, Kesriye”
- Turkish: “Breştani”
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