Gramos, Greece

Gramos (Greek: Γράμος, Aromanian: Gramosta) is a remote mountain village and a former community in Kastoria regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nestorio, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 59.422 km2.[3] Population 18 (2011). The village is a traditional Aromanian (Vlach) settlement, named after the nearby Gramos mountains to its south. It lies very close to the Albanian border. Throughout the centuries, the locals had suffered from Albanian Muslim raiders. The source of the river Aliakmonas is near Gramos. It had the smallest population of any municipality or community in Greece at 28 inhabitants in the 2001 Greek census. It was also the least densely populated community or municipality in Greece, at 0.47 inhabitants/km2. A small road connects Gramos with Nestorio, 20 km to its east.

Gramos

Γράμος
Gramos
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°23′N 20°50′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Macedonia
Regional unitKastoria
MunicipalityNestorio
  Municipal unit59.4 km2 (22.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Municipal unit
18
  Municipal unit density0.30/km2 (0.78/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationKT

References

  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.


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