Sideras

Coordinates: 40°23.1′N 21°41.6′E / 40.3850°N 21.6933°E / 40.3850; 21.6933
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Sideras
Σιδεράς
Sideras is located in Greece
Sideras
Sideras
Coordinates: 40°23.1′N 21°41.6′E / 40.3850°N 21.6933°E / 40.3850; 21.6933
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitKozani
MunicipalityKozani
Municipal unitDimitrios Ypsilantis
Area
 • Community28.554 km2 (11.025 sq mi)
Elevation
920 m (3,020 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community118
 • Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
501 50
Area code(s)+30-2461
Vehicle registrationΚΖ

Sideras (Greek: Σιδεράς) is a village and a community of the Kozani municipality.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Dimitrios Ypsilantis, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2021 census recorded 118 inhabitants in the community.[1] The community of Sideras covers an area of 28.554 km2.[3] The small settlement of Ktenas, which was uninhabited between about 1975 and 2005, belongs to the community of Sideras.

The village was named Demirciler (Eng. "smiths") by Turkish inhabitants until the 1924 population exchange between Greece and Turkey.

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.