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Foteino, Arta

Coordinates: 39°8′4″N 21°6′27″E / 39.13444°N 21.10750°E / 39.13444; 21.10750
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Foteino
Φωτεινό
Foteino is located in Greece
Foteino
Foteino
Coordinates: 39°8′4″N 21°6′27″E / 39.13444°N 21.10750°E / 39.13444; 21.10750
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitArta
MunicipalityNikolaos Skoufas
Municipal unitKompoti
Area
 • Community8.953 km2 (3.457 sq mi)
Elevation
500 m (1,600 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community165
 • Density18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
471 00
Area code(s)26810

Foteino (Greek: Φωτεινό [pronunciation /fotinó/]) is a village (community) in the municipal unit of Kompoti in the regional unit of Arta, Greece. In 2021 its population was 165.

History

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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.[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.

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  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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