Vrontero ( el, Βροντερό, before 1926: Γκράσδενι – ''Gkrasdeni'') is a village in the Florina Regional Unit in

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Demographics

In the early 1900s, 276 Slavonic speaking Christians lived in the village.

Aromanians The Aromanians ( rup, Armãnji, Rrãmãnji) are an Ethnic groups in Europe, ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian language, Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Alba ...

settled in the village in 1949. "Граждено... По 1949 год. е населено со Власи. Во 1900 год. имало 276 жит. М." They were a group of nomadic transhumant Aromanians (known as the Arvanitovlachs) originating from

Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thes ...

and the Greek government assisted their settlement into depopulated villages of the Prespa region like Vrontero. "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" Aromanians are the only inhabitants of the village. Vrontero had 172 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Vrontero was populated by Aromanians. The

Aromanian language The Aromanian language (, , , or ), also known as Macedo-Romanian or Vlach, is an Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance language, similar to Megleno-Romanian language, Megleno-Romanian, Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian and Romania ...

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. Table 3: Vrondero, 172; V, V1; V = Valaques (Aroumains), V = valaque (aroumain)"

References

External links

Prespes website
{{Prespes div Populated places in Florina (regional unit) Prespes