Chionato

Chionato is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. Administratively it belongs to the Akrites Municipal Unit of Nestorio Municipality in Western Macedonia.
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 and is 31 km away from the city of Kastoria.
There is a municipal guest house in the settlement, there is a Greek Orthodox church of Saint Nicholas and a football field named after "Christina Giazitzidou" in honor of the Olympic rower Christina Giazitzidou, who is originally from Chionato.

Demographics

The 1920 Greek census recorded 736 people in the village, and 710 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Gkerliani were from Asia Minor and Pontus in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 326 village inhabitants. n 1928, the refugee families numbered 87.

Notable people

Christina Giazitzidou, Greek rower, originally from Chionato, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London