Aetos, Florina Explained

Aetos
Name Local:Αετός
Type:municipal unit
Periph:West Macedonia
Periphunit:Florina
Pop Municunit:2239
Pop Community:668
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:134.1
Coordinates:40.6333°N 55°W
Postal Code:530 73
Licence:ΡΑ

Aetos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αετός; Bulgarian: Айтос, Aytos,[1] Macedonian: Ајтос, Ajtos;) is a village and a former municipality in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Amyntaio, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 134.092 km2.[3] It is 18 km southeast of Florina. In 2021 it had a population of 2,239.

The village is first mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, where it is described as a settlement of fifty-nine households which produced vines and walnuts.[4]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, стр.250.
  2. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
  3. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
  4. Book: Kravari, Vassiliki . Villes et villages de Macédoine occidentale . Réalités byzantines. 2. 1989. Editions P. Lethielleux. Paris. 231 . French . 2-283-60452-4.