EVRYTANIA

'Evrytania' (Greek: Ευρυτανία, alternative romanization ''Evritania'', Latin: ''Eurytania'') is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is within the periphery of Central Greece and its capital is Karpenisi (approx. 8,200 inhabitants). The prefecture was created in 1947 out of the Aitolia-Acarnania prefecture. 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. 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. Evyrtania also features a famous skiing resort located near Karpenisi on the Tymfristos mountain ; since 2004, the 1.4 km-long Tymfristos Tunnel lies to the east.

Contents

Transport

Municipalities

See also

Climate

History

Persons

External links

Transport

★ GR-38, W, Cen., 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		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

See also

★ List of settlements in the Evrytania prefecture

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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Computer and Internet connections were put in place in the 1990s.

Persons

★ Pavlos Bakoyannis

★ Markos Giolias, artist

★ Demosthenis Goulas, artist

★ Stefanos Granitsas, artist

★ Christos Kagaras, painter

★ Spyros Paliouras, a Greek artist

★ Zacharias Papantoniou, artist

★ Michael Stafylas, artist

★ Lefteris Theodorou, painter

External links

★ Evrytania