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	'''Ano Vrontou''' ({{lang-el\|Άνω Βροντού}}~~; ]/{{lang-mk\|Горно Броди}}, ''Gorno Brodi''~~) is a village and a former community in the northern ], ]. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis> Greece Ministry of Interior {{el icon}}</ref> In 2001 its population was 452. The ] is bounded to the northeast.		'''Ano Vrontou''' ({{lang-el\|Άνω Βροντού}}) is a village and a former community in the northern ], ]. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis> Greece Ministry of Interior {{el icon}}</ref> In 2001 its population was 452. The ] is bounded to the northeast.

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	== History ==		== History ==

	Vrodi (now Vrontou) was founded in the 14th century by a Serbian tsar ] which h from the area Vrondi (Вронди) or Trilitsa (Трилиса, Trilits, Търлис) region. The ~~Ottmans~~ conquered the area and ruled until the ]		Vrodi (now Vrontou) was founded in the 14th century by a Serbian tsar ] which h from the area Vrondi (Вронди) or Trilitsa (Трилиса, Trilits, Търлис) region. The Ottomans conquered the area and ruled until the ].

		⚫	During the Balkan Wars, the area was conquered and occupied by the Bulgarians until the ]s and later occupied and annexed to ] and its residents fled northward to Bulgaria, 200 of them to Nevrokop (Gotse Delchev) and 300 fled to ], the Turks were later displaced during the ] and Greeks mostly from Asia Minor settled in the area.
	It had around 2,700 Bulgarians in 1873<br>''Macedonian Scientific Institute'', Sofia 1995, p 116/117</br>. The area functioned as a Bulgarian area in 1868. By 1900, its population rose to 6,100 Bulgarian Christians. The secretary of the exarch ] ('']'') the settlement in 1905 had around 6,480 Bulgarian exarchists and 240 Bulgarian partiarchs, thus made it one of the largest places in the modern Greek prefecture.
		⚫	After ] and the ], its buildings were rebuilt. Once a village of around 200 to 300, its population loss began when emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1981, though the population recovered in 2001 and became one of the few in Macedonia to regain the population. In the late-1990s, the community became a newly formed community with a communal district but never became a municipality under the Capodistrian Plan since it is not much populated.

	The village had a large activity by ] in an Ottoman province. In 1903, the large settlement was visited by ] from the Vanisha. In 1913, it had a population of 1,100 people and 8,000 others.

⚫	During the Balkan Wars, the area was conquered and occupied by the Bulgarians until the ]s and later occupied and annexed to ] and its residents fled northward to Bulgaria, 200 of them to Nevrokop (Gotse Delchev) and 300 fled to ], the Turks were later displaced during the ] and Greeks mostly from Asia Minor settled in the area. ~~Prior to the Second Balkan Wars, it had a Bulgarian majority and a Turkish minority.~~

⚫	After ] and the ], its buildings were rebuilt. Once a village of around 200 to 300, its population loss began when emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1981, though the population recovered in 2001 and became one of the few in Macedonia to regain the population. Ano Vrontou became connected with asphalt in the 1980s and the 1990s. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. In the late-1990s, the community became a newly formed community with a communal district but never became a municipality under the Capodistrian Plan since it is not much populated.

	==Notable people==		==Notable people==

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For other uses, see Vrontou (disambiguation). Settlement in Greece

Ano Vrontou Άνω Βροντού
Settlement

Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Serres
Elevation	1,040 m (3,410 ft)
Population
• Municipal unit	452
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	621 00
Vehicle registration	ΕΡ

Ano Vrontou (Template:Lang-el) is a village and a former community in the northern Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Serres, of which it is a municipal unit. In 2001 its population was 452. The Drama regional unit is bounded to the northeast.

Nearest places

Katafyto, north
Vathytopos, northeast
Perithori, east
Kato Vrontou, southeast (distance: 6 km direct, 13 km by road)
Orini and Ano Orini, southwest
Karydochori, northwest

Population

Year	Population
1873	2,700
1900	6,700
1981	347
1991	408
2001	452

Location

Ano Vrontou is located northwest of Drama 35 km NNE of Serres, northeast of Thessaloniki and south of the border with Bulgaria and the town of Gotse Delchev (Nevrokop).

Geography and panorama

Much of the area around Ano Vrontou are forested, farmlands are situated within the village and grasslands and barren lands within the same elevation as the village.

It is situated by the Vrontous mountains to the west, the Menoikio to the south and Orvilos further north. The mountaintop of 1,653 m is to the north.

History

Vrodi (now Vrontou) was founded in the 14th century by a Serbian tsar Stefan Dušan which h from the area Vrondi (Вронди) or Trilitsa (Трилиса, Trilits, Търлис) region. The Ottomans conquered the area and ruled until the Balkan Wars.

During the Balkan Wars, the area was conquered and occupied by the Bulgarians until the Second Balkan Wars and later occupied and annexed to Greece and its residents fled northward to Bulgaria, 200 of them to Nevrokop (Gotse Delchev) and 300 fled to Plovdiv, the Turks were later displaced during the Asia Minor Catastrophe and Greeks mostly from Asia Minor settled in the area. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt. Once a village of around 200 to 300, its population loss began when emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1981, though the population recovered in 2001 and became one of the few in Macedonia to regain the population. In the late-1990s, the community became a newly formed community with a communal district but never became a municipality under the Capodistrian Plan since it is not much populated.