Parapotamos
Parapotamos is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which it is a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,000 residents
- Description: village in Thesprotia, Greece
- Also known as: “Varfani” and “Várfani”
- Postal code: 46100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Phanote.
Phanote
Archaeological site
Photo: Sotntetsikas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Phanote or Phanota, or Phanoteia, was a strongly fortified ancient Greek town of Chaonia located in the region of Epirus. The town's location was of military/strategic importance as it stood in the midst of a valley surrounded by an amphitheatre of mountains, through which there are only two narrow passes. Phanote is situated 3 km southeast of Parapotamos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vrysella and Kastri.
Vrysella
Village
Photo: Numenor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vrysella is a village, which is situated 3 km north of Parapotamos.
Kastri
Village
Kastri is a town in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. The local church is dedicated to Saint George. Kastri is mainly inhabited by Greek residents, while the presence of an Orthodox Albanian-speaking community has been vivid throughout the past century. Kastri is situated 4½ km west of Parapotamos.
Nea Selefkia
Suburb
Photo: Evmeos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nea Selefkia is a suburb, which is situated 6 km southwest of Parapotamos.
Parapotamos
- Category: locality
- Location: Igoumenitsa, Thesprotia, Epirus, Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.54768° or 39° 32′ 52″ northLongitude
20.32428° or 20° 19′ 27″ eastPopulation
1,000Elevation
129 metres (423 feet)Open location code
8GF2G8XF+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 248817409OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
255753Wikidata ID
Q784681
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Swedish—“Parapotamos” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Varfanji”
- Arabic: “بارابوتاموس”
- Cebuano: “Parapótamos”
- Dutch: “Parapotamos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بارابوتاموس”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پاراپوتاموس”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قريه پاراپوتاموس”
- Finnish: “Parapótamos”
- French: “Parapótamos”
- German: “Parapotamos”
- Greek: “Βάρφανη”
- Greek: “Παραπόταμος Θεσπρωτίας”
- Greek: “Παραπόταμος”
- Italian: “Parapotamos”
- Japanese: “パラポタモス”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Parapótamos”
- Russian: “Парапотамос”
- Swedish: “Parapótamos”
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