Foteino, Arta

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Foteino
Φωτεινό
Fotino 2007.10.06.jpg
Location
Foteino is located in Greece
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Foteino
Coordinates 39°8′N 21°6′E / 39.133°N 21.1°E / 39.133; 21.1Coordinates: 39°8′N 21°6′E / 39.133°N 21.1°E / 39.133; 21.1
Government
Country: Greece
Region: Epirus
Regional unit: Arta
Municipality: Nikolaos Skoufas
Municipal unit: Kompoti
Population statistics (as of 2001)
 - 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: 471 00
Telephone: 26810

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

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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.[1]

In 1899, a new church was built by destroying a small old one, dating to the early 12th century[2]

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.[3] With ΦΕΚ 195/23.07.1953, its name changed from Hosiana to Fotino,[4] and with law 2539/1997, as part of the Kapodistrias reforms, the commune became a municipal district of the municipality of Kompoti.

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 101
  2. ^ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 104
  3. ^ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 117
  4. ^ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 98
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