Kastanofyto


Kastanofyto is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The village has a folklore museum.
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria. The village Kastanofyto had a total of 482 inhabitants, and was populated by 241 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.
By 2011, the population had dropped to only 44 permanent inhabitants and dropped further to 12 inhabitants by 2021. The village is in a major chestnut growing region and hosts a chestnut festival every October.