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Vrontero (Greek: Βροντερό, before 1926: Γκράσδενι – Gkrasdeni)[2] is a village in the Florina Regional Unit in Western Macedonia, Greece.[3]
Vrontero
Βροντερό | |
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Coordinates: 40°44′30″N 21°1′3″E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Florina |
Municipality | Prespes |
Municipal unit | Prespes |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 46 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
In the early 1900s, 276 Slavonic speaking Christians lived in the village.[4] Aromanians settled in the village in 1949.[4] They were a group of nomadic transhumant Aromanians (known as the Arvanitovlachs) originating from Thessaly and the Greek government assisted their settlement into depopulated villages of the Prespa region like Vrontero.[5][6] Aromanians are the only inhabitants of the village.[5]
Vrontero had 172 inhabitants in 1981.[7] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Vrontero was populated by Aromanians.[7] The Aromanian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships.[7] Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.[7]
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