Gramos ( el, Γράμος, rup, Gramosta) is a remote mountain village and a former municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Macedonia,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Nestorio municipality as a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 59.422 km². Population 18 (2011). The village is a traditional Aromanian (

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) settlement, named after the nearby

Gramos Gramos ( sq, Gramoz, Mali i Gramozit; rup, Gramosta, Gramusta; el, Γράμος or Γράμμος) is a mountain range on the border of Albania and Greece. The mountain is part of the northern Pindus mountain range. Its highest peak, at the ...

mountains to its south. It lies very close to the

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n border. The source of the river

Aliakmonas The Haliacmon ( el, Αλιάκμονας, ''Aliákmonas''; formerly: , ''Aliákmon'' or ''Haliákmōn'') is the longest river flowing entirely in Greece, with a total length of . In Greece there are three rivers longer than Haliakmon, Maritsa ( el ...

is near Gramos. It had the smallest population of any

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in Greece at 28 inhabitants in the

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. It was also the least densely populated community or municipality in

, at 0.47 inhabitants/km². A small road connects Gramos with

Nestorio Nestorio ( el, Νεστόριο, ''Nestório''; Ancient Greek: Βάττυν; mk, Нестрам and bg, Нестрам, ''Nestram'' or Нѐсрам, ''Nésram'') is a village and a municipality in the Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, Gre ...

, 20 km to its east. Gramos is the nearest village to

Lake Gkistova Lake Gistova, also known as Lake Gkistova ( al, Liqeni i Gramozit, el, Λίμνη Γκιστόβα), is an alpine lake on the Albania-Greece border. It is the highest lake in Greece. It is located at an elevation of about , on the Gramos mountai ...

Notable people

Vassilis Rapotikas Vassilis Christou Rapotikas (1888–1943; rup, Vasil Rapotika; el, Βασίλειος Χρήστου Ραποτίκας) was an Aromanian revolutionary and collaborationist paramilitary leader in Greece during World War II. He was among le ...

, Aromanian revolutionary and separatist, one of the leading members of the Aromanian

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Ioannis Nakitsas Ioannis Nakitsas or Pakitsas (Greek: Ιωάννης Νακίτσας or Πακίτσας, died 1906) was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle from Gramos, Western Macedonia, Greece, then part of the Ottoman Empire. Biography Ioannis Nakit ...

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revolutionary of the

Macedonian Struggle The Macedonian Struggle ( bg, Македонска борба; el, Μακεδονικός Αγώνας; mk, Борба за Македонија; sr, Борба за Македонију; tr, Makedonya Mücadelesi) was a series of social, po ...

References

Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit) Former municipalities in Western Macedonia Aromanian settlements in Greece {{WMacedonia-geo-stub