Kranionas (, before 1926: Δρανοβαίνη – Dranovaini; Bulgarian/Macedonian: Дреновени - Drenoveni)Королов, Лари-Лабро. Дреновени: Разцвет и разорение на едно село в южна Македония. София, Македонски научен институт, 2016. . с. 360 is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.
The residents spoke the Dolna Korèshcha variant of the Kostur dialect.Королов, Лари –Лабро. „Два диалектни текста с исторически свидетелства от селата Габреш и Дреновени, Костурско“, Македонски преглед, година XLVI/2, 2023, стр. 143 - 154. (Koroloff, Larry Labro. Two Dialect Texts of Historical Interest from Gabresh and Drenoveni, Kostur Region, Makedonski Pregled. XLVI/2, 2023, pp. 143 - 154) 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.Koroloff, Larry. Drenoveni. The Life and Demise of a Macedonian Village. Pickering, 2014. p. 3
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.
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.. The village Kranionas had a total of 623 inhabitants, populated by 60 Slavophones. "(Άνω και Κάτω) Κρανιώνας, Πληθυσμός: 623, Σλαυόφωνοι: 60"
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