Argos Orestiko
| Argos Orestiko Άργος Ορεστικό | |
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Argos Orestiko | |
  Argos Orestiko | |
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Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 40°27′N 21°15′E / 40.450°N 21.250°ECoordinates: 40°27′N 21°15′E / 40.450°N 21.250°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | West Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Orestida |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 8,903 |
| Community[1] | |
| • Population | 7,482 (2011) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Vehicle registration | KT |
Argos Orestiko (Greek: Άργος Ορεστικό, before 1926: Χρούπιστα - Chroupista[2]) is a town and a former municipality in the Kastoria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Orestida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.[3]
In antiquity, Argos Orestikon was the main town of the Orestae. It was said to have been founded by Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, who fled from Argos in the Peloponnese after the murder of his mother.[4][5]
The exact location of classical Argos Orestikon has not been found. Based on epigraphic evidence, the administrative centre of the Orestae lay near the centre of the present town Argos Orestiko, at a site named "Armenochori".[6] During the campaign of Alexander the Great to the East, settlers from the town founded another Argos Orestikon to distant Scythian steppes during the 4th century BCE.
In Argos Orestiko is located the national airport of Kastoria 'Aristotelis'
See also
- Archaeological Museum of Argos Orestiko
- Fossil Exhibition (Nostimo), a village 14 km away from Argos Orestiko
References
- 1 2 "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- ↑ Name changes of settlements in Greece
- ↑ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
- ↑
Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Argos Oresticum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. 1. London: John Murray. - ↑ Strabo, Geographica 7.7.8
- ↑ Argos Orestikon Project