Foteino, Arta

Community in Greece

Foteino Φωτεινό
Community

39°8′4″N 21°6′27″E / 39.13444°N 21.10750°E / 39.13444; 21.10750
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Arta
Municipality	Nikolaos Skoufas
Municipal unit	Kompoti
Area
• Community	8.953 km² (3.457 sq mi)
Elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	165
• Density	18/km² (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+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

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.

Gallery

Fotino
Fotino - Amvrakikos view
Fotino - Meyarhi View
Fotino - Peta View - October
Fotino - Peta View - June

Footnotes

^ "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.
^ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 101
^ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 104
^ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 117
^ Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. Historic And Folklore of Arta. Athens. Page 98