| Chionato | |
| Name Local: | Χιονάτο |
| Type: | community |
| Caption Skyline: | Village centre |
| Coordinates: | 40.4767°N 21.015°W |
| Periph: | Western Macedonia |
| Periphunit: | Kastoria |
| Municipality: | Nestorio |
| Municunit: | Akrites |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population: | 114 |
| Georegion: | Macedonia |
Chionato (el|Χιονάτο, before 1928: Γκέρλιανη – Gkerliani)[1] is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. Administratively it belongs to the Akrites Municipal Unit of Nestorio Municipality in Western Macedonia.[2]
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 (2021 Greek census) and is 31 km away from the city of Kastoria.
There is a municipal guest house in the settlement,[3] there is a Greek Orthodox church of Saint Nicholas (1922)[4] and a football field named after "Christina Giazitzidou" in honor of the Olympic rower Christina Giazitzidou, who is originally from Chionato.[5]
The 1920 Greek census recorded 736 people in the village, and 710 inhabitants (110 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Gkerliani were from Asia Minor (58) and Pontus (29) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 326 village inhabitants. n 1928, the refugee families numbered 87 (331 people).[6]