Chionato ( el, Χιονάτο, before 1928: Γκέρλιανη – ''Gkerliani'') is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit,

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. Administratively it belongs to the Akrites Municipal Unit of Nestorio Municipality in

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. It is located in the western part of the regional unit on the northern side of the Ammouda peak at an altitude of 960m. with 114 permanent residents (

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) and is 31 km away from the city of

Kastoria Kastoria ( el, Καστοριά, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Gree ...

. There is a municipal guest house in the settlement, there is a

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church of

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(1922) and a football field named after "''Christina Giazitzidou''" in honor of the Olympic rower

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, who is originally from Chionato.

Demographics

The Greek census (1920) recorded 736 people in the village and in 1923 there were 710 inhabitants (or 110 families) who were Muslim. Following the

Greek-Turkish population exchange The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey ( el, Ἡ Ἀνταλλαγή, I Antallagí, ota, مبادله, Mübâdele, tr, Mübadele) stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at ...

, in 1926 within Gkerliani there were 58 refugee families from

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and 29 refugee families from

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. The Greek census (1928) recorded 326 village inhabitants. There were 87 refugee families (331 people) in 1928.

Notable people

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, originally from Chionato, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London

References

{{Nestorio div Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit) Nestorio