Kentro (, before 1927: Βέντσια – ''Ventsia'') is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of

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, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 161 residents in the community. The community of Kentro covers an area of 42.42 km². According to the statistics of

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("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 207

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and 150 Greek Muslims lived in the village in 1900. Kanchov, Vasil, ,

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, 1900, book 2, p. 47. Written as "Вѣнци (Вѣнче)". (in Bulgarian) Ventsia was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim

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. The 1920 Greek census recorded 261 people in the village, and 260 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923. Following the

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families in Ventsia were from

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(3) and

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(35) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 131 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 39 (122 people).

Administrative division

The community of Kentro consists of three separate settlements: * Agalaioi (population 38 as of 2021) *Kentro (population 68) * Nisi (population 55)

References

{{Grevena div Populated places in Grevena (regional unit) Grevena Former Vallahades settlements

Administrative division

See also

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