Foteino, Arta Explained

Foteino
Name Local:Φωτεινό
Type:community
Periph:Epirus
Periphunit:Arta
Municipality:Nikolaos Skoufas
Municunit:Kompoti
Population:165
Population As Of:2021
Area:8.953
Elevation:500
Coordinates:39.1344°N 21.1075°W
Postal Code:471 00
Area Code:26810

Foteino (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Φωτεινό [{{Audio|Gr-Fotino.ogg|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

The old name of the village, Hósiana (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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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