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| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Periphery: | Epirus |
| Prefecture: | Thesprotia |
| Seat: | Filiates |
| Number of municipal districts: | 42 (see below) |
| Location: Latitude: Longitude: |
39.763 (39° 35' 47") N 20.3087 (20° 18' 32") E |
| Area: -Rank |
km² |
| Population: (2001) -Town -Municipal district -Municipality (Change from 1991) -Percent of the prefecture - Density<-- - Rank--> |
2,246 2,344 (-245 or -10.91%) 8,288 95.82% 27.09% 17.98% 16.72/km² |
| Altitude: -lowest: -centre: |
about 100 m about 220 m Mourgkana (1,808 m) |
| Postal code: | GR-461 00 |
Filiates (Template:Lang-el) is a town and a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece. It is located in the northernmost part of the prefecture, bordering western Ioannina Prefecture and southern Albania. It has a land area of 495.727 km² and a population of 8,288 (2001 census). Its village population was 2,246 and the municipal district population was 2,344. It is the 11th-largest municipality in area in Greece, and the largest in Thesprotia (right after Paramythia, covering almost one-third of the prefecture. Its municipal seat is the town of Filiátes (pop. 2,246), one of the biggest towns in the area. The largest other towns or villages in the municipality are Keramítsa (pop. 309), Palaiochóri (291), Vrysélla (277), Leptokaryá (276), Trikóryfon (245), Ampeló (222), Kerasochóri (211), and Kokkiniá (205). The municipality has a total of 42 municipal districts, the most of any municipality in Greece. (The next largest two, with 31 each, are Megalópoli in Arcadia, and Kalavryta in Achaea.) It was home to Cham Albanians, before 1944, when they were expelled for collaborating with Nazi forces.
Location
Filiates is located southwest of Konitsa, west-southest of Kozani and Thessaloniki, west of Ioannina, northwest of Athens, north of Preveza and east of Igoumenitsa.
Filiates is connected with the GR-6 (Larissa - Metsovo - Ioannina - Igoumenitsa) and is now the old road. It has a few interchanges with the Egnatia Odos (Alexandroupoli - Thessaloniki - Igoumenisa) and several had just opened. It is connected with the GR-19 that goes down to Paramythia and Preveza.
Settlement
Municipal districts
- Achladia
- Aetos
- Agios Nikolaos
- Agioi Pantes
- Ampelona
- Anavryto
- Charavgi
- Faneromeni
- Filiates
- Foiniki
- Gardiki
- Giromeri
- Gola
- Kallithea
- Kato Xechoro
- Keramitsa
- Kerasochori
- Kefalochori
- Kokkinia
- Kokkinolithari
- Kouremadi
- Kryoneri
- Kyparissi
- Leptokarya
- Lia - located north by the Albanian border
- Lista
- Malouni
- Milia, Thesprotia
- Palaiokklisi
- Palaiochori
- Palampa or Palamba
- Pigadoulia
- Plaissi
- Platanos
- Raveni
- Rizo
- Sideri
- Trikoryfo
- Fragma Kalama (Kalama Dam)
- Tsamantas
- Xechoro
Population
| Year | Population | Change | Municipal district population | Percent of the municipal district | Percent of the municipality | Municipal population | Percent of the prefecture | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2,439 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1991 | 2,591 | +152 or +6.23% | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2001 | 2,246 | -245 or -10.91% | 2,344 | 95.82% | 27.09% (village) 28.28% (municipal district) |
8,288 | 17.98% | 16.72/km² |
Geography
Its geography consists of almost entirely mountainous with several valleys. The Mourgkana mountains lie to the north with the Albanian border. Farmlands are in the valleys and forests and grasslands also dominates the areas and covers about 60 to 70%.
Climate
Its climate is one of the wettest in the prefecture, when the western coastline receives more sunshine, the area receives rain and snow during the winter months.
Other
Filiates has schools, a few lyceums (middle school) a gymnasium (secondary school), churches, banks, shops and a square (plateia). Its nearest university is east in Ioannina, the University of Ioannina.
External links
- Official website Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead. Template:El icon
- Parelioi on GTP Travel Pages
- Maps and aerial photos:
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- Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
| Northwest: Albania | North: Albania (country) and Delvinaki? | |
| West: Sagiada |
Filiates | East: Ioannina Prefecture |
| Southwest: Igoumenitsa | South: Parapotamos | Southeast: Paramythia |
| Subdivisions of the municipality of Filiates | |
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| Municipal unit of Filiates |
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| Municipal unit of Sagiada |
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39°36′N 20°19′E / 39.600°N 20.317°E / 39.600; 20.317
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