Chionato
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Chionato
Χιονάτο | |
|---|---|
 Village centre | |
  Chionato | |
| Coordinates: 40°28′36″N 21°0′54″E / 40.47667°N 21.01500°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Nestorio |
| Municipal unit | Akrites |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 114 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Chionato (Greek: Χιονάτο, before 1928: Γκέρλιανη – Gkerliani)[2] is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. Administratively it belongs to the Akrites Municipal Unit of Nestorio Municipality in Western Macedonia.[3]
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)[1] and is 31 km away from the city of Kastoria.
There is a municipal guest house in the settlement,[4] there is a Greek Orthodox church of Saint Nicholas (1922)[5] and a football field named after "Christina Giazitzidou" in honor of the Olympic rower Christina Giazitzidou, who is originally from Chionato.[6]