Kranionas
Community in Macedonia, Greece
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Kranionas (Greek: Κρανιώνας, before 1926: Δρανοβαίνη – Dranovaini;[2] Bulgarian/Macedonian: Дреновени - Drenoveni)[3] is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.
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  Kranionas Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′9″N 21°12′48″E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Kastoria |
| Municipal unit | Korestia |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 2 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The residents spoke the Dolna Korèshcha variant of the Kostur dialect.[4] The village consisted of two separate parts: Gorna (Upper) Maala (Quarter) and Dolna (Lower) Maala, separated by one kilometer, with the village river running between the quarters.[5]
In mid–1941 Kranionas along with Slavic Macedonian inhabitants from several villages partook in a celebration commemorating the Battle of Lokvata, fought by Bulgarian revolutionaries (Komitadjis) against Ottoman soldiers in 1903.[6]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[7] The village Kranionas had a total of 623 inhabitants, populated by 60 Slavophones.[8]