Vrontero
Βροντερό | |
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Coordinates: 40°44′30″N 21°1′3″E / 40.74167°N 21.01750°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) |
Vrontero (Greek: Βροντερό, before 1926: Γκράσδενι – Gkrasdeni[2]) is a village in the Florina Regional Unit in Western Macedonia, Greece.
In the early 1900s, 276 Slavonic speaking Christians lived in the village.[3] Aromanians settled in the village in 1949.[3] 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.[4][5] Aromanians are the only inhabitants of the village.[4]
Vrontero had 172 inhabitants in 1981.[6] In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Vrontero was populated by Aromanians.[6] The Aromanian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships.[6] Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.[6]