Foteino, Arta

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

Foteino Φωτεινό
Foteino
Coordinates: 39°8′4″N 21°6′27″E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Arta
Municipality	Nikolaos Skoufas
Municipal unit	Kompoti
Elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Community [1]
• Population	178 (2011)
• Area (km^2)	8.953
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	471 00
Area code(s)	26810

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

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  Fotino
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  Fotino - Amvrakikos view
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  Fotino - Meyarhi View
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  Fotino - Peta View - October
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  Fotino - Peta View - June

See also

• Kompoti
• Sellades
• Menidi
• Ambracian Gulf
• Ionian Sea
• Arachthos River

External links

• The municipality of Kompoti

Footnotes

1. "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