Gramos, Greece

Gramos
Γράμος
Location
Gramos
Coordinates
Government
Country: Greece
Region: West Macedonia
Regional unit: Kastoria
Municipality: Nestorio
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
 - Population: 28
Other
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto: KT

Gramos (Greek: Γράμος, Aromanian: Gramosta) is a village and a former community in Kastoria regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nestorio, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] Population 28 (2001). The village is an old Aromanian settlement, named after the nearby Gramos mountains in which are to the south. The population has been emigrating to larger towns and cities in Greece as well as outside the country since World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the area is underpopulated and treacherous and the Pindus mountains block several roads from the other side, it has a road with Argos Orestiko (Hrupisti in Aromanian). It had the smallest population of any municipality or community in Greece at 28 inhabitants in the 2001 Greek census. It was also the least densely populated community or municipality in Greece, at 0.47 inhabitants/km² living on its land area of 59.422 km².

References

  1. ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)