Vronti

Vronti Βροντή
Community
Vronti
Coordinates: 40°17.596′N 21°17.569′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Kozani
Municipality	Voio
Municipal unit	Tsotyli
Elevation	765 m (2,510 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	77
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	500 02
Area code(s)	+30-2468
Vehicle registration	ΚΖ

Vronti (Greek: Βροντή, before 1927: Βρόντιζα – Vrontiza),[2] is a village and a community of the Voio municipality.[3] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Tsotyli, of which it was a municipal district.[3] The 2021 census recorded 77 inhabitants in the community of Vronti.[1]

Vrontiza was populated by Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[4][5] The 1920 Greek census recorded 472 people in the village, and 470 inhabitants (40 families) were Muslim in 1923.[6] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Vrontiza were from Pontus (50) in 1926.[6] The 1928 Greek census recorded 186 village inhabitants.[6] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 49 (177 people).[6]

Administrative division

The community of Vronti consists of three separate settlements:[1]

• Apidia (population 13 in 2021)
• Lefkadi (population 9)
• Vronti (population 55)

See also

• List of settlements in the Kozani regional unit

References

1. "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.
2. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Vrontiza – Vronti". Pandektis. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
3. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
4. Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 348. ISBN 9780900834899.
5. Metoki, Athanasia (2016). Οι ελληνόφωνοι μουσουλμάνοι της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας: η περίπτωση των Βαλαάδων της Κοζάνης και των Γρεβενών [The Greek-speaking Muslims of Western Macedonia: The case of the Vallahades of Kozani and Grevena] (Masters) (in Greek). University of Macedonia. pp. 3, 14. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
6. Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 82. Retrieved 30 March 2022.