Louros ( el, Λούρος) is a town and a former municipality in the
Preveza regional unit,
Epirus
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Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Preveza
Preveza ( el, Πρέβεζα, ) is a city in the region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the regional unit of Preveza, which is part of the region of Epiru ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The seat of the municipality was the small town of Louros (pop. 1,938 in 2011). The area of the municipal unit is 176.075 km²,
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
swamp
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y, but in modern times the marshes were drained and are now used for the production of olives, oranges and tomatoes. Besides the town of Louros itself, the largest towns in the municipality are Néos Oropós (pop. 1,304), Stefáni (440), Vrysoúla (172), Áno Ráchi (127), and Áno Kotsanópoulo (159).
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Louros is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
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Ano Rachi
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Kotsanopoulo (Ano Kotsanopoulo, Kato Kotsanopoulo)
*Louros
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Oropos
Oropos ( el, Ωρωπός) is a small town and a municipality in East Attica, Greece.
The village of Skala Oropou, within the bounds of the municipality, was the site an important ancient Greek city, Oropus, and the famous nearby sanctuary of ...
(Neos Oropos)
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Revmatia (Revmatia, Kato Revmatia)
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Skiadas
Skiadas ( el, Σκιαδάς) is a small mountain village in the Preveza regional unit in northwestern Greece. It is part of the Louros municipal unit. It is built upon the mountain Baldenezi, at 500 meters above sea level.
Skiadas took that nam ...
(Skiadas, Aloni, Kontates)
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Stefani
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Trikastro
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Vrysoula
External links
Official website
References
Populated places in Preveza (regional unit)
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