Foteino, Arta

Foteino
Φωτεινό
Foteino
Coordinates: 39°8′N 21°6′E / 39.133°N 21.100°E / 39.133; 21.100Coordinates: 39°8′N 21°6′E / 39.133°N 21.100°E / 39.133; 21.100
Country Greece
Administrative region Epirus
Regional unit Arta
Municipality Nikolaos Skoufas
Municipal unit Kompoti
Area
 • Total 8.953 km2 (3.457 sq mi)
Community
 • Population 374
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
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 2001 its population was 374.

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.[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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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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