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Kaloneri Καλονέρι
Community
Kaloneri
Coordinates: 40°17′21″N 21°29′26″E / 40.28917°N 21.49056°E / 40.28917; 21.49056
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Kozani
Municipality	Voio
Municipal unit	Askio
Population
• Community	403
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	50300

Kaloneri (Greek: Καλονέρι, before 1927: Βρογγίστα – Vrongista), is a village and the seat of the former Askio municipality in the Kozani regional unit, Greece. It is situated at an altitude of 630 m (2,070 ft) above sea level. The population was 403 in 2021.

A notable event of the area is the feast of St. Kyriaki.

Vrongista was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades. The 1920 Greek census recorded 692 people in the village, and 630 inhabitants (128 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Vrongista were from East Thrace (41), Asia Minor (80) and Pontus (10) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 621 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 120 (504 people).

References

1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Vrongista – Kaloneri". Pandektis. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
3. Καλονέρι (Κοζάνης), EETAA local government changes
4. Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 348. ISBN 9780900834899.
5. Metoki, Athanasia (2016). Οι ελληνόφωνοι μουσουλμάνοι της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας: η περίπτωση των Βαλαάδων της Κοζάνης και των Γρεβενών [The Greek-speaking Muslims of Western Macedonia: The case of the Vallahades of Kozani and Grevena] (Masters) (in Greek). University of Macedonia. pp. 3, 14. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
6. ^ Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 82. Retrieved 26 August 2024.

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