Petrota is a village

Village

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 at the northernmost point of Greece

Greece

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, part of the municipal unit Trigono

Trigono

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It was created around 1530 by Greeks

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 that moved there from Epirus

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 and Malta

Malta

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. In the decade of 1960 its population was 5,000. In the 1970s a lot of people from Petrota migrated to western Europe, especially to Germany

Germany

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. Today, less than 1,000 people live there mostly engaged in agriculture.