Kranea, Grevena Explained

Kranea
Name Local:	Κρανέα
Type:	community
Periph:	West Macedonia
Periphunit:	Grevena
Population:	192
Population As Of:	2021
Area:	70.929
Coordinates:	39.8967°N 37.8°W
Postal Code:	510 31
Area Code:	+30-2462
Licence:	PN
Elevation:	960

Kranea or Krania (Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian: Turia) is an Aromanian village and a community of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Gorgiani, of which it was a municipal district.^[1] The 2021 census recorded 192 residents in the village. The community of Kranea covers an area of 70.929 km².^[2]

According to the French traveller François Pouqueville, the settlement was formed in 1507 when the villages of Turia and Paleohori were merged.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of settlements in the Grevena regional unit

References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
2. 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 .
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606142144/http://www.gorgiani.gr/cgs.cfm?areaid=1&id=5 Krania on the Municipality of Gorgianis Website
4. Book: Phillips, Richard . 1820 . New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals and Translations, Volume 4 . 76 . Richard Phillips (publisher) .