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Lithia
Community
Lithia
Coordinates: 40°31′15″N 21°24′36″E / 40.52083°N 21.41000°E / 40.52083; 21.41000
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Kastoria
Municipality	Kastoria
Municipal unit	Agioi Anargyroi
Population
• Community	263
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Lithia (Greek: Λιθιά, before 1926: Κομανίτσοβον – Komanitsovon) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

The 1920 Greek census recorded 755 people in the village, and 260 inhabitants (30 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Komanitsovo were from East Thrace (3) and Pontus (20) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 642 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 21 (76 people).

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria. The village Lithia had a total of 733 inhabitants, and was populated by 365 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.

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: Komanitsovon – Lithia". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
3. ^ 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. 76. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
4. Alvanos 2005, p. 518.
5. Alvanos, Raymondos (2005). Κοινωνικές συγκρούσεις και πολιτικές συμπεριφορές στην περιοχή της Καστοριάς (1922–1949) [Social conflicts and political behaviors in the area of Kastoria (1922–1949)] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 516. Retrieved 16 June 2024. "Λιθιά, Πληθυσμός: 733, Σλαυόφωνοι: 365, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: ναι"

• Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit)
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