Statistics
Region:	Epirus
Capital:	Arta
Area:	1,612 km²
Inhabitants:	77,334 (2001)
Population density:	47.97/km²
ISO 3166-2:	GR-31
Car designation:	AT' Arta
Code for the municipalities:	06xx
Number of municipalities:	13
Number of communes (that are not in any municipality)	3
Area/distance code:	11-30-268x0 (030-268x0) 3 area codes
Postal code	47x xx
2-letter abbreviation:	AR
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Arta (Greek: Άρτα, Albanian: Artë)is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is within the Epirus periphery. It is also the capital with the same name, and was the capital of the Despotate of Epirus in the Middle Ages. The location is north of the Ambracian Gulf. Mountains surround the northeast with only one road linking into the Pineios valley and Thessaly, and low-land agricultural plains to its west. It is bounded by Preveza in the west, the prefecture of Ioannina to the north, the prefecture of Trikala in the east, Karditsa to the east and the prefecture of Aitoloacarnania to the south. The eastern boundary is bounded with the Acheloos River and the western boundary up to near GR-5/GR-21 jct is the Louros River. Epirus - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... ISO 3166-2:GR are ISO 3166-2 codes for Greece. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... The National Statistical Service of Greece (NSSG) is a General Secretariat of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance with more than 1100 employees. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... Image File history File links map File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures of Greece ... Epirus - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Despotate of Epirus was one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire, founded in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The Pineiós (Greek: Πηνειός, also Pineus) is a river in Thessaly, Greece. ... Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... Preveza is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Ioannina (Greek: Ιωάννινα, often Γιάννενα Giannena, Yiannena or Γιάννινα Giannina, Yiannina ; Albanian: Janinë or Janina; Aromanian: Ianina, Bulgarian: Янина Janina) is a city in and capital of Epirus, Greece, with a population of approximately 100,000 and lies at an elevation of 600 metres above sea level. ... Trikala (Greek: Τρίκαλα) is a city and a prefecture in northwestern Thessaly, Greece. ... Karditsa is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Aitolia-Acarnania, (Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία) also Aetoloacarnania, rarely Aetolia and Acarnania or Aitoloakarnania is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... The Acheloos (Greek: Αχελώος), also Achelous, is a river in western Greece. ...

Much of the population lives in the west, within the Aous valley, the south and east of Arta, further southeast, the Athamanian mountains and the southeast with a few parts of the north are the least populated.

Geography

• Acheloos River
• Arachthos River
• Athamanian Mountains, situated in the northeast and is part of the Pindus ranges.
• Louros River.

The famous landmark which is over the Arachthos river is Arta's Old Bridge on its west side. The second famous is the ancient buildings. The downtown to its north is surrounded by a state highway. In Greek mythology, Achelous (Greek: Αχελώος), was the patron deity of the river by the same name, which is the largest river of Greece, and thus the chief of all river deities, every river having its own river spirit. ... The Pindus (Greek: Πίνδος, Albanian: Pino) mountains are a range located in northern Greece, roughly 160 km (100 miles) long, with a maximum elevation of 2636 m (8650 ft), along the border of Thessaly and Epirus. ... Greece Interstate 5 is a highway in Western Greece. ...

History

Since 1996 or 1997 the bypass of Arta (GR-5) which will become Ioniki Odos linking Albania and Athens via Patras opened. Construction began in 1995. It runs in much of the prefecture. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ambracia (more correctly Ampracia) was an ancient Corinthian colony, situated about 7 miles from the Ambracian Gulf in Greece, on a bend of the navigable river Aracthus (or Aratthus), in the midst of a fertile wooded plain. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Transportation

• Greece Interstate 5/E55, S, Cen., W
• Greece Interstate 21, W
• Greece Interstate 30, Cen., E

Greece Interstate 5 is a highway in Western Greece. ... The European route E55 passes through the following cities: Helsingborg - Elsinore - Rostock - Berlin - Dresden - Teplice - Prague - Vienna - Ancona - Ioannina - Arta (bypasses) - Amphilochia - Agrinion - Messolonghi - Rhion * Antirrhion - Patras - Kourtesi - Marathia - Pyrgos - Epitalion - Zacharo - Kalo Nero - near Dorio - near Oichalia - Allagi - Thouria - Kalamáta From Helsingborg, the route continues northward through Sweden and...

Communications

Television

• Art TV

Places

• Arta
• Kompoti
• Peta

Communes

• See also: Communities of Arta

Here are communities in Arta in Greece: A-B Agnanta Agia Paraskevi Agios Spyridonos Agios Vasileios Aliki Ammotopos Anemorachi Aneza Ano Kalentini Apomero Arta Astrochori Athamanio C-D Chalkiades Diasello Dichomiri Dimaei Distrato Drosopigi E-F Elati Faneromeni Floriada Fotino G-I Gavria Graikiko or Grekiko Ano Graikiko Kato Graikiko...

External links

• http://www.culture.gr/maps/ipiros/arta/arta.html
• http://www.bicepirus.gr/ris/prefectures/arta.html
• http://hellas.teipir.gr/prefectures/english/Artas/Artas.htm
• location/europe/greece/arta.html Map of Arta
• http://www.alternativegreece.gr/ WebForms/MemberDisplay.aspx?ID=63