PSODERI

The village of Psoderi was made to change its name by the Greek government to Pisoderion. It is about 15 kilometres west of Lerin. It is on the road Lerin-Kostur between the Bela Voda Mountain and Bigla Mountain at 21 degrees 15 minutes longitude and 40 degrees 47 minutes latitude and 1,400 metres above sea level. It is about 25 square kilometres in area.

The village borders to the northeast with the village Buf, to the east with the village Armensko, to the southwest with the village Zhelevo, and to the west it borders Germanska Mountain.

Before the start of the Greek Civil War about 450 residents lived in the village. It was settled by Vlach settlers from Epirus. The residents of the village were employed in raising livestock, forestry and agriculture.

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