Arta (regional unit)

Arta Περιφερειακή ενότητα Άρτας
Regional unit
Municipalities of Arta
Arta within Greece
Coordinates: 39°15′N 21°15′E / 39.250°N 21.250°E / 39.250; 21.250Coordinates: 39°15′N 21°15′E / 39.250°N 21.250°E / 39.250; 21.250
Country	Greece
Region	Epirus
Capital	Arta
Area
• Total	1,662 km² (642 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	67,877
• Density	41/km² (110/sq mi)
Postal codes	47x xx
Area codes	268x0
ISO 3166 code	GR-31
Car plates	ΑΤ
Website	www.peartas.gov.gr

Arta (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Άρτας) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital is the town of Arta.

Geography

The regional unit of Arta is located north of the Ambracian Gulf. The main mountain ranges are the Athamanika in the northeast, the Pindus in the east, and Valtou in the southeast. Only one mountain road links Arta with the Pineios valley and Thessaly. There are low-lying agricultural plains in the west. Arta borders on the regional units of Preveza in the west, Ioannina to the north, Trikala in the east, Karditsa to the east and Aetolia-Acarnania to the south.

The main rivers are the Acheloos in the east, the Arachthos in the centre, and the Louros in the west. Most of the population lives in the west, in the Arachthos valley, south and east of Arta. The Athamanika and Valtou mountains are the least populated.

Administration

The regional unit Arta is subdivided into 4 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):^[1]

Arta (1)
Central Tzoumerka (Kentrika Tzoumerka, 3)
Georgios Karaiskakis (2)
Nikolaos Skoufas (4)

Prefecture

Arta was established as a prefecture in 1882 (Greek: Νομός Άρτας). As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Arta was created out of the former prefecture Arta. The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.^[1]

Images of regional unit

New municipality	Old municipalities	Seat
Arta	Arta	Arta
	Amvrakikos
	Vlacherna
	Xirovouni
	Filothei
Central Tzoumerka (Kentrika Tzoumerka)	Athamania	Vourgareli
	Agnanta
	Theodoriana
	Melissourgoi
Georgios Karaiskakis	Georgios Karaiskakis	Ano Kalentini
	Irakleia
	Tetrafylia
Nikolaos Skoufas	Peta	Peta
	Arachthos
	Kommeno
	Kompoti

History

Arta was one of the capitals of the Despotate of Epirus in the late Middle Ages. The territory of the regional unit was ceded to Greece in 1881 by the Ottoman Empire, along with Thessaly, in accordance with the 1878 Congress of Berlin. A famous landmark of Arta is the Old Bridge over the Arachthos river.

Transport

As one of the first completed sections of the future Ionia Odos linking Ioannina with Patras and Kalamata, the motorway bypass of the GR-5 around Arta was opened in 1997. The main highways are:

Sporting teams

Anagennisi Artas

People

Pyrrhus (318 BC-272 BC) general and king of Epirus
Epicrates of Ambracia, 4th BC comic poet
Silanus of Ambracia
Epigonus of Ambracia 6th-5th BC musician
Georgios Karaiskakis Years of service 1796 - 1827 Rank - General, Battles/wars Greek War of Independence
Maximus the Greek (c. 1475-1556) publicist, writer, scholar, humanist and translator
Napoleon Zervas (1891–1957)
Theodoros Tzinis
Nikolaos Skoufas
Yannis Makriyannis
Kostas Kristallis poet
Yiannis Moralis (1916) painter
Antonios Nikopolidis (1971) footballer
Yannis Anastasiou (1973) footballer
Nikos Rizos (1924 - April 20, 1999), actor

External links

References

1 2 "Kallikratis reform law text" (PDF).

Administrative division of the Epirus Region

Area 9,203 km² (3,553 sq mi) Population 336,856 (as of 2011) Municipalities 18 (since 2011) Capital Ioannina

Regional unit of Arta	Arta Central Tzoumerka Georgios Karaiskakis Nikolaos Skoufas

Regional unit of Ioannina	Dodoni Ioannina Konitsa Metsovo North Tzoumerka Pogoni Zagori Zitsa

Regional unit of Preveza	Parga Preveza Ziros

Regional unit of Thesprotia	Filiates Igoumenitsa Souli

Regional governor Alexandros Kachrimanis (since 2014) Decentralized Administration Epirus and Western Macedonia

Prefectures of Greece

By name

By year established

1800s	1833 Achaea and Elis Aetolia-Acarnania Arcadia Argolis and Corinthia Attica and Boeotia Cyclades Euboea Laconia Messenia Phocis and Locris 1845 Phthiotis and Phocis 1864 Corfu Kefallinia Lefkada Zakynthos 1882 Arta Larissa Trikala 1899 Achaea Argolis Attica^c Boeotia Corinthia Elis Evrytania Karditsa Lacedaemon Lakoniki Magnesia Phocis Phthiotis Trifylia

1900s	1912 Chania Heraklion Lasithi Rethymno Sfakia 1914 Thessaloniki 1915 Argyrokastron^b Chalkidiki Chios Drama^d Florina Ioannina Kavala^d Korytsa^b Kozani Lesbos Preveza Samos Serres 1920 Adrianople^a Evros^d Kallipolis^a Rhaedestos^a Rhodope^d Saranta Ekklisies^a 1930–1944 Pella Kilkis Thesprotia Kastoria Xanthi^d 1947 Dodecanese Imathia Pieria 1964 Grevena Piraeus

^a In Eastern Thrace or ^b Northern Epirus, outside present-day Greece.
^c From 1971, Attica consisted of four prefecture-level units: Athens, East Attica, Piraeus and West Attica. From 1994, Athens and Piraeus were grouped into a single super-prefecture.
^d From 1994, Drama / Kavala / Xanthi and Evros / Rhodope prefectures were grouped into super-prefectures.

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