Gramos ( el, Γράμος, rup, Gramosta) is a remote mountain village and a former municipality in
Kastoria regional unit,
Macedonia,
Greece
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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 km
2.
Population 18 (2011). The village is a traditional
Aromanian (
Vlach
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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
Albania
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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
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in Greece at 28 inhabitants in the
2001 Greek census
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. It was also the
least densely populated community or municipality in
Greece
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, at 0.47 inhabitants/km
2. 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
Roman Legion
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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 ...
,
Greek
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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
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