Filippiada

Filippiada parish Δημοτική Ενότητα Φιλιππιάδας (Φιλιππιάδα)
Basic data
State :	Greece
Region :	Epirus
Regional District :	Preveza
Municipality :	Ziros
Geographic coordinates :	39 ° 12 '  N , 20 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 12 '  N , 20 ° 53'  E
Height above d. M .:	13 - 20 - 1608 m Petras - Filippiada - Xerovouni
Area :	142.409 km²
Residents :	270 (2011)
Population density :	1.9 inhabitants / km²
Code No .:	210201
Structure:	1 city district 9 local communities
Website:	www.filipiada.info
Located in the municipality of Ziros and in the Preveza regional unit

Filippiada ( Greek Φιλιππιάδα ( f. Sg. ); Older also Filippias Φιλιππιάς, alternative transcription Philippias; Albanian Filipjadha ) is a small Greek town and seat as well as a municipality of the municipality Ziros in the south of the Epirus region . From 1918 to 1948 Filippiada was an independent rural community (kinotita) under the name Nea Filippias , from 1948 - now as Filippiada - urban community (dimos), which was considerably enlarged in 1997 by incorporations and finally in 2010 with three more communities in the newly created community of Ziros rose, where it has since formed a parish.

history

The Filippiada region is believed to have existed as early as the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Have been settled. The forerunner of today's small town was the ancient settlement Charadra (Χαράδρα), the name of which refers to the valley (Charadra) of the Louros River in the north . The remains of the ancient settlement of Orraon can be found on the border with Arta Prefecture in the east of the municipality.

In the first Balkan War in 1912, Filippiada had a more prominent role. The small town was the starting point of the offensive of the Greek western front towards Ioannina against the troops of the Ottoman Empire . Greek troops attacked Filippiada from Arta in October 1912 and took it on October 28, 1912. In particular, the municipality of Pende Pigadia was, due to its strategic location at the southern exit of the Lourous Valley, a place with serious armed conflicts. From November 7th to 9th, 1912 Greek troops succeeded in conquering Pende Pigadia.

In 1923 the village of Nea Kerasounda was founded by Greek refugees from Turkey after the Greek defeat in the Greco-Turkish war from 1919 to 1922 and the population exchange established in the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne .

During the Second World War and the occupation of Greece by the Axis powers from April 1941 to October 1944, Filippiada initially belonged to the Italian zone of occupation. When Italy joined the Allies in September 1943, Filippiada became a German zone of occupation until the German troops withdrew in October 1944.

structure

Filipiada was made up of the following municipalities and localities after the Greek local government reform of 1997:

• Filippiada District - Δημοτική Κοινότητα Φιλιππιάδος - 4,619 inhabitants
• Local community Agios Georgios - Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίου Γεωργίου (Άγιος Γεώργιος) - 601 inhabitants
• Local community Dryofyto - Τοπική Κοινότητα Δρυοφύτου (Δρυόφυτο) - 266 inhabitants
• Local community Gymnopotamos - Τοπική Κοινότητα Γυμνοτόπου (Γυμνότοπος) - 324 inhabitants
• Local community Kerasona - Τοπική Κοινότητα Κερασώνος - 283 inhabitants
  • Agia Faneromeni - Αγία Φανερωμένη - 10 inhabitants
  • Kerasona - Κερασώνα - 273 inhabitants
• Local community Klisoura - Τοπική Κοινότητα Κλεισούρας - 213 inhabitants
  • Klisoura - Κλεισούρα - 166 inhabitants
  • Pende Pigadia - Πέντε Πηγάδια - 47 inhabitants
• Local community Nea Kerasounda - Τοπική Κοινότητα Νέας Κερασούντος - 922 inhabitants
  • Iliovouni - Ηλιοβούνι - 95 inhabitants
  • Nea Kerasounda - Νέα Κερασούωτα - 827 inhabitants
• Local community Panagia - Τοπική Κοινότητα Παναγίας - 334 inhabitants
  • Gonia - Γωνία - 68 inhabitants
  • Panagia - Παναγία - 240 inhabitants
  • Voulista - Βούλιστα - 26 inhabitants
• Local community Petra - Τοπική Κοινότητα Πέτρας (Πέτρα) - 392 inhabitants
• Local community Romia - Τοπική Κοινότητα Ρωμιάς - 152 inhabitants
  • Pedopolis Zirou 127 Ζηρού - 25 inhabitants
  • Romia - Ρωμιά - 219 inhabitants

The population of the small town of Filippiada increased slightly from 1981 to 2001. Contrary to this trend, the municipality of Filippiada with all its localities lost more than 10% of its population from 1991 to 2001.

Population development of the Filippiada municipality from 1981 to 2001
year	Residents city	modification	Residents municipality	modification	% Local community	% Prefecture
1981	3.333	-	-	-	-	-
1991	4.040	+707 (+2.12%)	9.415	-	-	-
2001	4,196	+156 (+1.39%)	8,429	−986 (−10.47%)	49.78%	14.2%

Economy, infrastructure, traffic

Filippiada has a primary school and a secondary school as educational institutions.

Filipiada is the intersection of two important national roads. From Ioannina in the north to Arta in the south, National Road 5 runs through the Filipiada area. The National road 21 branches southern town Filipiada from the national road 5 and leads along the north coast of Ambracian Gulf to Preveza and Nikopoli. In the future, national road 5 will be supplemented by motorway 5 (Ionia Odos), which will connect Ioannina to Patras via Arta, Amfilochia, Agrinio and Messolongi.

Filipiada does not have a railway connection. The nearest international airport is Ioannina Airport and the nearest domestic airport is Preveza Airport.

Culture, sights and personalities

Sights in the Filippiada area include:

• Ziros lake
• Agios Vissarios Church
• Bizanomachon monument

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information from the Greek Statistical Office based on the 2001 census ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
3. ↑ Newspaper article of the Greek newspaper Embros from October 15th ^jul. / October 28, 1912 ^greg. , Page 1.
4. ↑ New York Times newspaper article , November 8, 1912
5. ↑ New York Times newspaper article , November 10, 1912