Foteino, Arta
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Foteino
Φωτεινό | |
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  Foteino | |
| Coordinates: 39°8′4″N 21°6′27″E / 39.13444°N 21.10750°E | |
| 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 [ⓘ]) is a village (community) in the municipal unit of Kompoti in the regional unit of Arta, Greece. In 2021 its population was 165.
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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Fotino
Fotino - Amvrakikos view
Fotino - Meyarhi View
Fotino - Peta View - October
Fotino - Peta View - June
