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Evrytania Prefecture Νομός Ευρυτανίας

Periphery	Central Greece
Capital	Karpenisi
Population	34,855 (2005)Ranked 53rd
Area	1,868. The peripheries ( Περιφέρειες) are the official regional Administrative divisions of Greece. Continental Greece ( Στερεά Ελλάδα - Stereá Elláda, earlier Χέρσος Ελλάς) or Central Greece ( Κεντρική Ελλάδα Karpenisi ( Greek: Καρπενήσι - Karpenísi) also Karpenissi, older forms Karpenisio, Karpenissio, Karpenision In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology This is a list of the Prefectures of Greece, in order of descending population (in 2005 except otherwise stated Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 911 km² Ranked 35th
Population density	18. This is a list of the Prefectures of Greece, in order of descending area Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6/km²Ranked 53rd
Number of municipalities	11
Postal codes	36x xx
Area codes	22370
Licence plate code	ΚΗ
ISO 3166-2 code	GR-05
Website	www.evritania.gr

Evrytania (Greek: Ευρυτανία, alternative romanization Evritania, Latin: Eurytania) is one of the prefectures of Greece. This is a list of the Prefectures of Greece, in order of descending Population density according to the 2001 census "real" population figures and land areas The Greek Postal code system is is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία Hellenic Post) This is a list of dialing codes in Greece. The first digit represents type of service Greek Vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e ISO 3166-2GR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Greece. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 super-prefectures and 54 prefectures or nomes It is within the periphery of Central Greece and its capital is Karpenisi (approx. Continental Greece ( Στερεά Ελλάδα - Stereá Elláda, earlier Χέρσος Ελλάς) or Central Greece ( Κεντρική Ελλάδα Karpenisi ( Greek: Καρπενήσι - Karpenísi) also Karpenissi, older forms Karpenisio, Karpenissio, Karpenision 8,200 inhabitants). The prefecture was created in 1947 out of the Aitolia-Acarnania prefecture. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It is almost entirely formed of mountains , including the Tymfristos and the Panaitoliko in the south, rivers including the Acheloos in the west, Agrafioti to the east, and Megdova in the east flowing down to the Ionian Sea. Tymfristos or Timfristos (Greek Τυμφρηστός is a mountain in the eastern part of the Evrytania and the westernmost Phthiotis prefectures For the mountain in the prefectures of Aetolia-Acarnania and Evrytania, see Panaitoliko (mountain range Panaitoliko (Παναιτωλικό The Acheloos ( Greek: Αχελώος also Achelous, is a River in western Greece. The Megdova River (Ποταμός Μέγδοβας is a river that flows through the Karditsa and the Evrytania prefectures The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the least populated prefectures in Greece, and also one of the few prefectures to use only one area code. The area borders Aetolia-Acarnania to the west, southwest and south (west over the Acheloos river), Karditsa to the north, and Phthiotis to the east. Aetolia-Acarnania, ( Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία, Aitoloakarnanía, also Aetoloacarnania and Etoloakarnania) is one Karditsa is one of the Prefectures of Greece. Located in the south-western Thessaly, it is primarily an agricultural prefecture Phthiotis (Φθιώτιδα Fthiótida, fθiˈo̞tiða Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιώτις is one of the Prefectures of Greece. Evyrtania also features a famous skiing resort located near Karpenisi on the Tymfristos mountain ; since 2004, the 1. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 4 km-long Tymfristos Tunnel lies to the east.

1 Transport
2 Municipalities
3 See also
4 Climate
5 History
6 Persons
7 External links

Transport

GR-38, W, Cen. Greek National Road 38 is a highway linking the cities of Agrinio, Karpenisi and Lamia. , E

Municipalities

Municipality	YPES code	Seat (if different)	Postal code
Agrafa	1501		360 73
Aperantia	1502	Granitsa	360 72
Aspropotamos	1503	Raptopoulo	360 70
Domnista	1505	Krikello	360 76
Fourna	1510		360 80
Fragkista	1511	Dytikí Fragkísta	360 71
Karpenisi	1506		361 00
Ktimenia	1507	Agia Triada	360 80
Potamia	1508	Megalo Chorio	360 75
Proussos	1509		360 74
Viniani	1504	Kerasochori	360 71

Climate

Its climate is a mixture of Mediterreanean and mountainous in the western portion, much of the area receive winter with snow and warm during the summer months. The Greek Postal code system is is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία Hellenic Post) For the sayings of Jesus that are not found in the canonical Gospels see Agrapha Agrafa (Greek Άγραφα is a mountainous region in Granitsa may refer to Granitsa Bulgaria Granitsa Greece the Bulgarian word for "border" граница Aspropotamos (Ασπροπόταμος is a municipality in the northwestern part of the Evrytania prefecture in Greece. Domnista (Δομνίστα is both the name of a town and the name of a municipality in Evrytania, Greece. Fourna (Φουρνά is a municipality in the northeastern region of Evrytania in central Greece (approx Fragkista (Φραγκίστα is a municipality in Evrytania, Greece. Karpenisi ( Greek: Καρπενήσι - Karpenísi) also Karpenissi, older forms Karpenisio, Karpenissio, Karpenision Ktimenia (Κτημένια is a municipality in Evrytania, Greece. Potamia (Ποταμιά is a municipality in Evrytania, Greece. Proussos (Προυσσός is a municipality in Evrytania, Greece. Viniani (Βίνιανη is a municipality in Evrytania, Greece. This is a list of settlements of the Evrytania prefecture, Greece.

History

Evrytania dates to ancient times. It fell into the Roman hands, and was later incorporated into the Byzantine Empire, before rule by the Franks and lastly the Ottomans. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Francia or Frankia, later also called the Frankish Empire (imperium Francorum Frankish Kingdom (Latin regnum Francorum, "Kingdom of the The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Unlike other parts of Greece at the time, while the eastern and the southern parts were definitively ruled by the Ottomans, the area around Agrafa managed to sustain complete autonomy with the difficuties experienced in conquest of the region. For the sayings of Jesus that are not found in the canonical Gospels see Agrapha Agrafa (Greek Άγραφα is a mountainous region in After 400 years, Evrytania finally became part of Greece following the Greek War of Independence ; the economy boomed with agriculture, whle its village economy has been poor. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829 also commonly known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman The areas was affected by World War II , and later the Greek Civil War ; peace finally returned to Evrytania at the end of the 1940s and its economy expanded, though the village population began to decline. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Greek Civil War (ο Eμφύλιος, "the Civil War" fought from 1946 to 1949 by the Governmental forces receiving logistical support by the United Kingdom It received electricity, radio communications, motor transport and fuller roads in the 1950s, the GR-38 became paved, and the prefecture's only ski resort opened. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Computer and Internet connections were put in place in the 1990s. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999

Persons

External links

Evrytania

Pavlos Bakoyannis ( Greek: Παύλος Μπακογιάννης) (1935- September 26, 1989) was a liberal Greek Politician Markos Giolias: (Μάρκος Γκιόλιας - Markos Giolias Historian and writer Dimosthenis Goulas (Δημοσθένης Γούλας - Dimosthenis Goolas was a writer who had very strong bonds with Evrytania and its culture as well as his country Stefanos Granitsas (Στέφανος Γρανίτσας was born in Granitsa Evrytanias Greece in 1880 and died in Athens in 1915 Christos Kagaras (Χρήστος Καγκαράς - Christos Kagaras He was born in Granitsa of Evrytania in 1918 Spyros Paliouras or Spiros Paliouras (Greek Σπύρος Παλιούρας 1875-1957 was a Greek Writer. Zacharias Papantoniou (Ζαχαρίας Παπαντωνίου - Zacharias Papadoniou was born in Karpenissi of Evrytania in February 1877 and died in Athens in 1940 Michalis Stafylas (Μιχαήλ Σταφυλάς - Michail Stafilas was born in Granitsa of Evrytania in 1920. Lefteris Theodorou (Λευτέρης Θεοδώρου - Lefteris Theodorou is a Greek painter

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