Foteino, Arta

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Foteino
Φωτεινό
Location
Foteino
Coordinates 39°8′N 21°6′E / 39.133°N 21.100°E / 39.133; 21.100Coordinates: 39°8′N 21°6′E / 39.133°N 21.100°E / 39.133; 21.100
Government
Country:Greece
Administrative region: Epirus
Regional unit: Arta
Municipality: Nikolaos Skoufas
Municipal unit: Kompoti
Population statistics (as of 2001)[1]
 - Area: 8.953 km2 (3 sq mi)
 - Density: 0 /km2 (0 /sq mi)
Community
 - Population: 374
Other
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Postal code: 471 00
Telephone: 26810

Foteino (Greek: Φωτεινό [ pronunciation /fotinó/  (help·info)]) is a village (community) in the municipal unit of Kompoti in the regional unit of Arta, Greece. In 2001 its population was 374.

History

The old name of the village, Hósiana (Greek: Χώσιανα), appears for the first time in 1696, in a historic document in which the villages of Arta asked the Venetian Republic for protection from pirates.[2]

In 1899, a new church was built by destroying a small old one, dating to the early 12th century[3]

The village was constituted as a separate commune with the 186/10.08.1947 government gazette (ΦΕΚ). Until then it was part of the commune of Ano-Petra.[4] With ΦΕΚ 195/23.07.1953, its name changed from Hosiana to Fotino,[5] and with law 2539/1997, as part of the Kapodistrias reforms, the commune became a municipal district of the municipality of Kompoti.

Gallery

  • Fotino

  • Fotino - Amvrakikos view

  • Fotino - Meyarhi View

  • Fotino - Peta View - October

  • Fotino - Peta View - June

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 793 KB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003. 
  2. ↑ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 101
  3. ↑ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 104
  4. ↑ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 117
  5. ↑ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 98
Subdivisions of the municipality of Nikolaos Skoufas
Municipal unit of Arachthos
  • Agia Paraskevi
  • Akropotamia
  • Loutrotopos
  • Neochori
  • Pachykalamos
  • Peranthi
  • Sykies
Municipal unit of Kommeno
Municipal unit of Kompoti
Municipal unit of Peta
  • Markiniada
  • Megarchi
  • Peta
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