Kranionas
Kranionas (Greek: Κρανιώνας, before 1926: Δρανοβαίνη – Dranovaini; Bulgarian/Macedonian: Дреновени - Drenoveni) is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
The residents spoke the Dolna Korèshcha variant of the Kostur dialect. The village consisted of two separate parts: Gorna (Upper) Maala (Quarter) and Dolna (Lower) Maala, separated by one kilometer, with the village river running between the quarters.
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria. The village Kranionas had a total of 623 inhabitants, populated by 60 Slavophones.
References
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Dranovaini – Kranionas". Pandektis. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ Королов, Лари-Лабро. Дреновени: Разцвет и разорение на едно село в южна Македония. София, Македонски научен институт, 2016. ISBN 978-954-8187-98-5. с. 360
- ^ Королов, Лари –Лабро. „Два диалектни текста с исторически свидетелства от селата Габреш и Дреновени, Костурско“, Македонски преглед, година XLVI/2, 2023, стр. 143 - 154
- ^ Koroloff, Larry. Drenoveni. The Life and Demise of a Macedonian Village. Pickering, 2014. p. 3
- ^ Alvanos 2005, p. 518.
- ^ Alvanos, Raymondos (2005). Κοινωνικές συγκρούσεις και πολιτικές συμπεριφορές στην περιοχή της Καστοριάς (1922–1949) [Social conflicts and political behaviors in the area of Kastoria (1922–1949)] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 516. Retrieved 14 June 2024. "(Άνω και Κάτω) Κρανιώνας, Πληθυσμός: 623, Σλαυόφωνοι: 60"