Evrytania
Evrytania
Περιφερειακή ενότητα Ευρυτανίας | |
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EEST) | |
Postal codes | 36x xx |
Area codes | 22370 |
ISO 3166 code | GR-05 |
Car plates | ΚΗ |
Website | www |
Evrytania (
Geography
Evrytania is almost entirely formed of mountains, including the
Climate
Its climate is a mixture of Mediterranean and mountainous in the western portion. Much of the area receives snow in winter and is warm during the summer months.
Transport
The Greek National Road 38 from Agrinio to Lamia passes through the southern part of Evrytania and the town Karpenisi. On the border with Phthiotis, the GR-38 passes through the 1.4 km-long Tymfristos Tunnel since 2004.
History
Evrytania dates to ancient times, the area was first settled around 6000 to 5000 BC. In classical antiquity, the Greek
Administration
The regional unit Evrytania is subdivided into 2 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):[3]
Prefecture
Evrytania was created as a prefecture in 1947 out of the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Evrytania was created out of the former prefecture Evrytania (Greek: Νομός Ευρυτανίας). The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.[3]
New municipality | Old municipalities | Seat |
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Agrafa | Agrafa | Kerasochori |
Aperantia | ||
Aspropotamos | ||
Viniani | ||
Fragkista | ||
Karpenisi | Karpenisi | Karpenisi |
Domnista | ||
Fourna | ||
Ktimenia | ||
Potamia | ||
Prousos |
Persons
- Pavlos Bakoyannis (1935-1989), Liberal Greek politician
- Markos Giolias, artist
- Demosthenis Goulas, artist
- Stefanos Granitsas (1880-1915), artist, writer and journalist
- Georgios Kafantaris (1873-1946), politician
- Spyros Paliouras (1875-1957), a Greek artist and writer
- Zacharias Papantoniou (1877-1940), artist, writer and journalist
- Michael Stafylas(1920-2018), artist
- Lefteris Theodorou, painter
- Spyridon Papadimitriou, General Greek Army,
See also
References
External links
- Prefecture of Evrytania official website: www.evrytania.gr
- Evrytania