Aetos ( el, Αετός; bg, Айтос, ''Aytos'', Macedonian: Ајтос, ''Ajtos''; ) is a village and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

in Florina regional unit,

West Macedonia Western Macedonia ( el, Δυτική Μακεδονία, translit=Ditikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia. Located in north-western Greece, it is divided into the regional unit ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Amyntaio Amyntaio ( el, Αμύνταιο, before 1928: Σόροβιτς - ''Sorovits''; Bulgarian/Macedonian: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and municipality in the Florina regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The population of Amyntaio pr ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 134.092 km². It is 18 km southeast of

Florina Florina ( el, Φλώρινα, ''Flórina''; known also by some alternative names) is a town and municipality in the mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'. The town of Florina is the capital of the Fl ...

. In 2011 it had a population 2,952. The village is first mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, where it is described as a settlement of fifty-nine households which produced vines and walnuts.

Notable people

Evangelos Natsis Evangelos Natsis Georgiou ( el, Ευάγγελος Νάτσης Γεωργίου) also known as ''Strempeniotis'' or ''Kapetan Vangelis'',' was a Slavophone Greek soldier and revolutionary who participated in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and t ...

References

Populated places in Florina (regional unit) Former municipalities in Western Macedonia Amyntaio {{WMacedonia-geo-stub