Agios Germanos
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| Agios Germanos Αγιος Γερμανός |
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| Country: | Greece |
| Prefecture: | Florina |
| Province: | West Macedonia |
| Municipality: | Prespes |
| Municipal district: | Agios Germanos |
| Location: Latitude:40o 50' 4" N Longitude: |
21o 9' 33" E |
| Population: (2001) -Village (change) -Municipal district -Percent of the municipal district -Percent of the municipality |
267 ( from 1991) |
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| Postal code: | GR-53077 |
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Agios Germanos, (Greek: Αγιος Γερμανός),((also known in South Slavic: German (Герман)),) is a village in the Prespes Municipality in Macedonia. Agios Germanos is located at an altitude of approximately 1,100 meters (3,606 feet), on a hillside, part of the Varnoundas Mountains. It is 7 kilometers (4 miles) from the Prespes lakes, which can be seen from a panorama location of the village. Agios Germanos lies 45km (28 miles) from Florina, and 44km (27,5 miles) from Kastoria.
The village is the only village in the Prespes region that still has preserved all of the old stone houses. The Byzantine church that formed the nucleus of the present village dates to the beginning of the 11th century. It has very interesting fresco's painted in three different phases. Nearby, the church of Agios Athanassios was built at the end of the 18th century. The village is especially known among tourists for hiking, bird watching and the Agios Germanos river with falls, which has the endangered species of the Salmo trutta peristericus trout.
[edit] Demographics
In 1903 the village had population of 2000, in 1981 the village had a population number of 237 people.[citation needed] In the year of 1991 the village numbered a total population of 267 inhabitants.[citation needed] Many of the village people immigrated to Canada, Australia, and the United States.[citation needed][original research?]
