Foteino, Arta

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Foteino

Φωτεινό
Fotino 2007.10.06.jpg
Foteino is located in Greece
Foteino
Foteino
Coordinates: 39°8′4″N 21°6′27″E / 39.13444°N 21.10750°E / 39.13444; 21.10750Coordinates: 39°8′4″N 21°6′27″E / 39.13444°N 21.10750°E / 39.13444; 21.10750
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitArta
MunicipalityNikolaos Skoufas
Municipal unitKompoti
Elevation
500 m (1,600 ft)
Community
 • Population178 (2011)
 • Area (km2)8.953
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
471 00
Area code(s)26810

Foteino (Greek: Φωτεινό [About this soundpronunciation /fotinó/  (help·info)]) is a village (community) in the municipal unit of Kompoti in the regional unit of Arta, Greece. In 2011 its population was 178.

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

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Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  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
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