Kastri, Preveza

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|name = Kastri

|name_local = Καστρί

|type = community

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|elevation = 40

|periph = Epirus

|periphunit = Preveza

|municipality = Parga

|municunit = Fanari

|population_as_of = 2021

|population = 239

|area = 4.476

|postal_code = 480 62

|area_code = +30-2684

|licence = ΡΖ

|website =

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Kastri ({{langx|el|Καστρί}}) is a village and a community of the Parga municipality.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Fanari, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 239 inhabitants in the village. The community of Kastri covers an area of 4.476 km2.{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }}

Geography

The village stands on a plain where the river Acheron passes through. It is on the northern part of the Preveza regional unit in a distance of almost 47 km from Preveza.

History

The ruins of an acropolis can be seen on a hill near Kastri, which give the village its name, meaning "castle". These are likely to be the remains of the ancient city Pandosia.{{cite book | author1-last=Wiseman | author1-first=James | author2-last=Zachos | author2-first=Kōnstantinos | year=2003 | title=Landscape Archaeology in Southern Epirus, Greece | volume=1 | publisher=American School of Classical Studies at Athens | isbn=978-0-876-61532-4 | p=42 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s6u28egy4aoC&pg=PA42}}

See also

References

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Category:Populated places in Preveza (regional unit)

Category:Parga

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