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Preveza
Sign in to savePreveza (, ) is a city in the region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula of the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the regional unit of Preveza, which comprises the southern part of Epirus. Preveza is connected to Aktio in Central Greece by the Aktio-Preveza Immersed Tunnel, the only undersea tunnel in Greece. The ruins of the ancient city of Nicopolis lie north of Preveza.
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Preveza is a city in Greece, located in the Epirus region. It serves as the capital of both the Preveza Regional Unit and the Preveza municipality. The city has a population of 19,309 and covers an area of 668 square kilometers. Its official language is Greek, and it is situated at an elevation of 3 meters above sea level. The local dialing code is 2682, and the postal code is 481 00.
The city is connected by European route E55. Preveza is twinned with Altea, Bad Kötzting, Bellagio, and Bundoran. Its patron saint is Charalambos. The city has been described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Place details
- Locality
- Πρέβεζα
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 17,283
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Preveza
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Πρέβεζα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Prevezas.png
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Port of Preveza 2013.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- The promenade and port
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Epirus
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Preveza
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 30841
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 380.5
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 22868
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 66.8
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 21099
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.demonym
- Prevezian
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 8
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 481 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 26820
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Δήμος Πρέβεζας
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Travel guide
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In 2021, it had a population of 30,000.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Administration
- History
- Antiquity
- Medieval period
- First Ottoman period
- Venetian intervention
- French rule
- Second Ottoman period
- Balkan Wars
- Second World War
- Modern period
- Main sights
- Notable people
- Transportation
- Historical population
- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Preveza (, ) is a city in the region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula of the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the regional unit of Preveza, which comprises the southern part of Epirus. Preveza is connected to Aktio in Central Greece by the Aktio-Preveza Immersed Tunnel, the only undersea tunnel in Greece. The ruins of the ancient city of Nicopolis lie north of Preveza.
==Etymology== Despite the fact that the name Preveza is attested in the Chronicle of the Morea (, , ), in the narratives referring to the suppression of the rebellious prince of the Despotate of Epirus, Nikephoros I, which occurred in 1290, this does not prove that the city existed in that period. The name is commonly regarded as originally deriving from the Slavic word , meaning 'passage', but transmitted via an Albanian form , 'transportation, crossing'. These words correspond to the ancient Greek word pereosis (), which means passing across, pointing to it as a likely ultimate origin of the name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Preveza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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