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Foteino
Φωτεινό
Settlement
Map
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitArta
MunicipalityNikolaos Skoufas
Municipal unitKompoti
 • Community8.953 km2 (3.457 sq mi)
Elevation
500 m (1,600 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Community
178
 • Community density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
471 00
Area code(s)26810

Foteino (Template:Lang-el [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.

History

The old name of the village, Hósiana (Template:Lang-el), 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.

See also

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