Louros (Greek: Λούρος) is a town and a former municipality in the Preveza regional unit, Epirus, Greece. It was the center of a kaza of the Preveza Sanjak under the Ottoman Empire. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Preveza, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The seat of the municipality was the small town of Louros (pop. 1,769 in 2021). The area of the municipal unit is 176.075 km2,[3] with a population of 4,581 people (2011). The town and municipal unit are named after the river Louros which flows just south of the town. Until recently, the Louros valley was swampy, but in modern times the marshes were drained and are now used for the production of olives, oranges, lemons and tomatoes. Besides the town of Louros itself, the largest communities in the municipality are Oropós (pop. 1,127), Stefáni (379), Vrysoúla (149), Áno Ráchi (96), and Kotsanópoulo (200).
Louros
Λούρος | |
|---|---|
  Louros Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 39°10′N 20°45′E / 39.167°N 20.750°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Preveza |
| Municipality | Preveza |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 176.1 km2 (68.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 3,987 |
| • Municipal unit density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) |
| • Community | 1,769 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΡΖ |
Subdivisions
editThe municipal unit Louros is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
- Ano Rachi
- Kotsanopoulo (Ano Kotsanopoulo, Kato Kotsanopoulo)
- Louros
- Neo Sfinoto
- Oropos (Neos Oropos)
- Revmatia (Revmatia, Kato Revmatia)
- Skiadas (Skiadas, Aloni, Kontates)
- Stefani
- Trikastro
- Vrysoula
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
External links
edit- Official website (in Greek)
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