Agios Nikolaos ( el, Άγιος Νικόλαος) is a village in the municipality of
Filiates
Filiates ( el, Φιλιάτες; ) is a town and a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece. It is located in the northernmost part of the regional unit, bordering western Ioannina regional unit and southern Albania.
Name
The region of Filiates was kno ...
,
Thesprotia
Thesprotia (; el, Θεσπρωτία, ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital and largest town is Igoumenitsa. Thesprotia is named after the Thesprotians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the ...
,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
. It is situated in the forested mountains near the
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
n border. The river
Kalpakioti flows east of the village. In 2011 its population was 78. It is 3 km southeast of the Albanian border, 12 km north of Filiates town, 23 km northeast of
Igoumenitsa
Igoumenitsa ( el, Ηγουμενίτσα, ) is a coastal city in northwestern Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit of Thesprotia.
Igoumenitsa is the chief port of Thesprotia and Epirus, and one of the largest passenger ports of Greece, ...
, 33 km southeast of
Sarandë
Sarandë (; sq-definite, Saranda; el, Άγιοι Σαράντα, Ágioi Saránta) is a city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Sarandë Municipality. Geographically, the city is located on an open sea gulf of the Ionian Sea within the Medi ...
(Albania) and 45 km west of
Ioannina.
Population
See also
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List of settlements in Thesprotia
This is a list of settlements in Thesprotia, Greece:
* Achladea
* Aetos
* Agia Kyriaki
* Agia Marina
* Agioi Pantes
* Agios Nikolaos
* Agios Vlasios
* Ampelia
* Ampelonas
* Anavryto
* Argyrotopos
* Asprokklisi
* Avlotopos
* Charavgi
* ...
External links
Agios Nikolaos at the GTP Travel Pages
References
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Populated places in Thesprotia