Perasma

Perasma (Greek: Πέρασμα; Macedonian Slavic: Кучковени or Кучкојни, Kučkoveni or Kučkojni, Greek: Κουτσκοβαίνη, Koutskovaini ) is a village and a former municipality in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Florina, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in a plain, 6 km southeast of Florina. The population was 5,510 in 2001. Perasma is approximately 9km outside the city of Florina and is currently neighboured by the villages of Ammochori, Skopia, Kolchiki, and Tropaiouchos. Before the Hellenisation of the village name in 1926 , the village was locally known as Kučkoveni or Kučkojni. The name has said to come about during the 15th century. Kučko in the...