Filippiada (Greek: Φιλιππιάδα) is a municipality in the Preveza Prefecture, Greece with a population of 8,429 (2001 census). It is a small city and the second smallest city in the Preveza prefecture. The name is derived from the locals' love of horses. Filippiada is divided into smaller regions entailing Old Filippiada, New Filippiada, and Elefterochori. In ancient times, Filippiada was known as Charadron (Greek: Χάραδρον) during the 8th and 7th centuries BC. There are many sites such as Saint Bessarion Church, the monument in honor of the Bizanomachon (Greek: Μπιζανομάχων), the lake of Zeirou (Lake Ziro) (Greek: Ζηρού), the town square, the square of the Pelargon (Greek: Πελαργών), beautiful forests and plains. There are many cafes, taverns, clubs, bars, hotels, and many grocery shops. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: νομοί, νομός)): See also List of the prefectures of Greece by area List of the prefectures of Greece by population density List of the prefectures of Greece by population External... Preveza (Albanian: Prevezë) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Here are a lists of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ... Filippiada (Φιλιππιάδα) is a municipality in the Preveza Prefecture, Greece. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is a list of dialing codes in Greece. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Preveza (Albanian: Prevezë) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ...

Location

Filippiada is located west of Arta, northwest of the Greek capital city of Athens, north-northwest of Amfilochia, north-northeast of Preveza and south-southeast of Ioannina. Arta (Greek: Άρτα) is a city with a rich history in north-western Greece, capital of the Arta Prefecture which is part of the Epirus province. ... This article is about the capital of Greece. ... Amphilochia (Αμφιλοχία) is a municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. ... Preveza is a town in north-western Greece. ... This article is about the Greek city. ...

Municipal districts

• Agios Georgios
• Dryofyto
• Gymnopotamos
• Kerassona
  • Agia Faneromeni
• Kleissoura
  • Pente Pigadia
• Nera Kerasounta - mainly made up of descendants of refugees from the modern Kerasun in Turkey
  • Iliovouno
• Panagia
  • Gonia
  • Voulista
• Petra
• Romia
  • Paidopolis Zirou

Population

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Information

Much of the houses were stone built until the 1960s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s and computer and internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technology are not seen. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... 20XX redirects here. ...

Filippiada is connected with the GR-5/E55 (Antirrio - Agrinio - Arta - Ioannina) and the GR-21 with Preveza. Greek National Road 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... Antirio (Greek: Modern, Αντίρριο, also pronouced as: a-DEE-ree-oh, Ancient/Katharevousa: _n), older spellings Antirrio, Antirrion, Antirhion, Antirion, ancient spelling: Antirrhion, Latin: Antirrhium is a community lying in a cape which has its closest distance to the Peloponnese in which the Rio_Antirio bridge can now access to the... Agrinio (Greek, Modern: Αγρίνιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, older form: Agrinion, Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city and a municipality of the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture of Greece, with about 100. ...

Other

Filippiada has a school, a lyceum (middle school) a gymnasium (secondary school), churches, banks, shops and a square (plateia). Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...

See also

• List of settlements in the Preveza prefecture

This is a list of settlements in the Preveza Prefecture, Greece. ...

External links

• myFilippiada.gr, daily news, comments
• goFilippiada
• Filippiada
• Thesprotiko on GTP Travel Pages
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• Coordinates: 39°12′10″N 20°53′12″E / 39.20278, 20.88667Coordinates: 39°12′10″N 20°53′12″E / 39.20278, 20.88667

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