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Sellades Σελλάδες
Community
Sellades
Coordinates: 39°6.5′N 21°4.7′E / 39.1083°N 21.0783°E / 39.1083; 21.0783
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Arta
Municipality	Nikolaos Skoufas
Municipal unit	Kompoti
Population
• Community	582
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Sellades (Greek: Σελλάδες) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Kompoti in the regional unit of Arta, Greece. The community includes the village Alonia. Sellades is 1 km northwest of Kompoti and 10 km southeast of Arta. The Greek National Road 5/E951 (Antirrio - Agrinio - Arta - Ioannina) passes southwest of the village.

Population

History

The origin of the name "Sellades" is disputed. According to one theory the first inhabitants of the village were Selloi people from Dodona. Another theory states that the inhabitants were involved in manufacturing saddles ("sela"), or that the village is shaped like a saddle. Strabo described the area of Makrynoros as Selaida (Σελαΐδα). Another theory is that the first inhabitants had as their last name Selladitis (Σελλαδίτης).

The first written reference to the village is in a Venetian documents dating from 1696, saying that Sellades and the neighbouring village Megarchi paid tribute to the Venetians.

References

1. "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.

External links

• http://www.sellades.com

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