Ammoudia ( el, Αμμουδιά, before 1928: Σπλάντζα - ''Splantza'', ) is a small fishing village in the municipal unit of
Fanari in the
Preveza regional unit in
Epirus
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, Greece. Ammoudia is located on the
Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including C ...
coast, southeast of
Parga
Parga ( el, Πάργα ) is a town and municipality located in the northwestern part of the regional unit of Preveza in Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kanallaki. Parga lies on the Ionian coast between the ...
. The mouth of the river
Acheron
The Acheron (; grc, Ἀχέρων ''Acheron'' or Ἀχερούσιος ''Acherousios''; ell, Αχέροντας ''Acherontas'') is a river located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. It is long, and its drainage area is . Its source is ...
is in the village.
History
During the Axis occupation Ammoudia was among the villages targeted by a joint German-Cham Albanian armed operation in August 1943.
In the 1960s', the majority still mainly spoke the Albanian language and their knowledge of the Greek language was limited. There is still an Albanian-speaking community in Ammoudia.
[Georgoulas, Sokratis D.(1964). ]
Λαογραφική Μελέτη Αμμουδιάς ΠρεβέζηςArchived
2013-11-27 at the Wayback Machine''. Κέντρων Ερεύνης της Ελληνικής Λαογραφίας. pp. 2, 15.
Historical population
See also
*
List of settlements in the Preveza regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Preveza regional unit, Greece.
* Acherousia
* Agia
* Agios Georgios
* Ammoudia
* Andonia
* Ano Rachi
* Ano Skafidoti
* Anogeio
* Anthousa
* Assos
* Cheimadio
* Despotiko
* Dryofyto
* Ekklisies
* Fi ...
References
External links
*
GoAmmoudiaGTP Travel Pages
Populated places in Preveza (regional unit)
Albanian communities in Greece
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