Vrontero
Vrontero (Greek: Βροντερό, before 1926: Γκράσδενι – Gkrasdeni) is a village in the Florina Regional Unit in Western Macedonia, Greece.
Demographics
In the early 1900s, 276 Slavonic speaking Christians lived in the village. Aromanians settled in the village in 1949. 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. Aromanians are the only inhabitants of the village.
Vrontero had 172 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Vrontero was populated by Aromanians. The Aromanian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships. Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.
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: Gkrasdeni – Vronteron". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 140. "Граждено... По 1949 год. е населено со Власи. Во 1900 год. имало 276 жит. М."
- ^ Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. p. 304. ISBN 9789607760869.
- ^ Vatsikopoulos, Helen (2020). "Memories of Abandonment and Ruination in Prespa, Greek Macedonia". Journal of Modern Greek Studies. 38 (2): 430. "1,700 Vlach nomad pastoralists were resettled in Prespa. Those from Epirus and Yiannitsa were resettled in Ayios Germanos and Kallithea; others, from Thessaly, were moved to Vrondero and Pyli"
- ^ Van Boeschoten, Riki (2001). "Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d'Aridea (Macédoine)" [Use of minority languages in the departments of Florina and Aridea (Macedonia)]. Strates (in French). 10. Table 3: Vrondero, 172; V, V1; V = Valaques (Aroumains), V = valaque (aroumain)"