Kranea, Grevena

Community in Greece

Kranea Κρανέα
Community
39°53.8′N 21°16.8′E / 39.8967°N 21.2800°E / 39.8967; 21.2800
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Grevena
Municipality	Grevena
Municipal unit	Gorgiani
Area
• Community	70.929 km² (27.386 sq mi)
Elevation	960 m (3,150 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	192
• Density	2.7/km² (7.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	510 31
Area code(s)	+30-2462
Vehicle registration	PN

Kranea or Krania (Greek: Κρανέα or Κρανιά, Aromanian: Turia) is a village and community of Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Gorgiani, of which it was a municipal district.^[2] The 2021 census recorded 192 residents in the village.^[1] The community of Kranea covers an area of 70.929 km².^[3] Kranea is an Aromanian (Vlach) village.^[4]^[5]^[6]

According to traveller François Pouqueville, Kranea was formed in 1507 when the villages of Turia and Paleohori were merged.^[7]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
^ Winnifrith 1987, p. 14.
^ Exarchos, Giorgis; Lazarou, Achilleus G. (2001). Οι Ελληνοβλάχοι (Αρμανοί) [The Greek Vlachs (Aromanians)]. Ekdoseis Kastaniote. p. 207. ISBN 9789600327847.
^ Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. p. 195. ISBN 9789607760869.
^ Winnifrith, Tom (1987). The Vlachs: The History of a Balkan People. Duckworth. p. 134. ISBN 9780715621356.
^ Krania on the Municipality of Gorgianis Website