Kompóti | |
Name Local: | Κομπότι |
Type: | municipal unit |
Periph: | Epirus |
Periphunit: | Arta |
Pop Municunit: | 2392 |
Pop Community: | 1645 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Area Municunit: | 38.5 |
Coordinates: | 39.1°N 26°W |
Postal Code: | 470 40 |
Licence: | ΑΤ |
Kompóti (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κομπότι, in Greek, Modern (1453-); pronounced as /koˈboti/) is a village and a former municipality in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikolaos Skoufas, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 38.486 km2.[2] The Greek National Road 5/E55 connects Kompoti with Messolonghi to the south and Arta and Ioannina to the north. Kompoti is located north of Amfilochia and Agrinio, east-northeast of Preveza and southeast of Arta. The Ambracian Gulf is to the south. Kompoti became part of Greece in 1881.
The municipal unit Kompoti is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
Year | Village | Community | Municipal unit | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | 2,002 | - | - | |
1991 | 2,050 | - | 3,287 | |
2001 | 2,128 | 2,357 | 3,485 | |
2011 | 1,544 | 1,650 | 2,542 | |
2021 | 1,439 | 1,645 | 2,392 |
Kompoti has a few schools, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) a few churches, banks, a post office, and a square.
Kompoti is the birthplace of Nikolaos Skoufas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Νικόλαος Σκουφάς), one of the founders of Filiki Eteria meaning Society of Friends in Greek, which was a secret organization working in the early 19th century, whose purpose was to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece and to establish an independent Greek state.