Louros

Louros

Λούρος
Louros Λούρος
Municipal unit
	Louros Location within the regional unit
	Coordinates: 39°10′N 20°45′E / 39.167°N 20.750°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Preveza
Municipality	Preveza
Area
• Municipal unit	176.1 km2 (68.0 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Municipal unit	3,987
• Municipal unit density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
• Community	1,769
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΡΖ

Louros (Greek: Λούρος) is a town and a former municipality in the Preveza regional unit, Epirus, Greece. It was the center of a kaza of the Preveza Sanjak under the Ottoman Empire. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Preveza, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The seat of the municipality was the small town of Louros (pop. 1,769 in 2021). The area of the municipal unit is 176.075 km²,^[3] with a population of 4,581 people (2011). The town and municipal unit are named after the river Louros which flows just south of the town. Until recently, the Louros valley was swampy, but in modern times the marshes were drained and are now used for the production of olives, oranges, lemons and tomatoes. Besides the town of Louros itself, the largest communities in the municipality are Oropós (pop. 1,127), Stefáni (379), Vrysoúla (149), Áno Ráchi (96), and Kotsanópoulo (200).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Louros is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

Ano Rachi
Kotsanopoulo (Ano Kotsanopoulo, Kato Kotsanopoulo)
Louros
Neo Sfinoto
Oropos (Neos Oropos)
Revmatia (Revmatia, Kato Revmatia)
Skiadas (Skiadas, Aloni, Kontates)
Stefani
Trikastro
Vrysoula

References

^ "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.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.

External links

Official website (in Greek)

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[census21-1] "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.

[Kallikratis-2] "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.

[stat01-3] "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.

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