Aetos ( el, Αετός; bg, Айтос, ''Aytos'',

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Ma ...

: Ајтос, ''Ajtos''; ) is a village and a former

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

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 wi ...

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

Amyntaio Amyntaio ( el, Αμύνταιο, before 1928: Σόροβιτς - ''Sorovits''; Bulgarian language, Bulgarian/Macedonian language, Macedonian: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and Municipalities and communities of Greece, municipalit ...

, 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 F ...

. In 2011 it had a population 2,952. The village is first mentioned in an Ottoman

defter A ''defter'' (plural: ''defterler'') was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire. Description The information collected could vary, but ''tahrir defterleri'' typically included details of villages, dwellings, household ...

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 th ...

References

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