Filiates
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Filiates Φιλιάτες |
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| Coordinates: 39°36′N 20°19′E / 39.600°N 20.317°ECoordinates: 39°36′N 20°19′E / 39.600°N 20.317°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Thesprotia |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 583.5 km2 (225.3 sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 495.7 km2 (191.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Municipality | 7,710 |
| • Municipality density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 5,970 |
| • Municipal unit density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| Community | |
| • Population | 2,639 (2011) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Vehicle registration | ΗΝ |
Filiates (Greek: Φιλιάτες) is a town and a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece. It is located in the northernmost part of the regional unit, bordering western Ioannina regional unit and southern Albania.
Filiates was known as Cestrine prior to the Ottoman period. Other ancient names for it were Cammania, Cestria, Ilion, Epirus, Troy, Epirus and Troia and Epirusis. Filiates is known as Filat in Albanian, and as Filyat in Ottoman Turkish.
The present municipality Filiates was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units (constituent communities in brackets):
The municipality has an area of 583.530 km2, the municipal unit 495.727 km2.
The province of Filiates (Greek: Επαρχία Φιλιατών) was one of the provinces of Thesprotia. It had the same territory as the present municipality. It was abolished in 2006.
Filiates is located in a largely mountainous area. The Mourgana mountains lie to the north, on the border with Albania. Filiates is located southwest of Konitsa, west of Ioannina, northeast of Igoumenitsa and southeast of Sarandë, Albania. The Greek National Road 6 (Larissa - Ioannina - Igoumenitsa) and the Egnatia Odos motorway (Alexandroupoli - Thessaloniki - Ioannina - Igoumenitsa) pass south of the municipal unit.
The municipal unit Filiates has a land area of 495.727 km² and a population of 5,970 (2011 census). The population of the town Filiates, one of the biggest towns in the area, was 2,512 and the community population was 2,639. The largest other villages in the municipal unit are Keramítsa (pop. 149), Palaiochóri (142), Vrysélla (267), Leptokaryá (193), Trikóryfon (177), Aetos (134), Keramitsa (149), Kyparisso (111), Pigadoulia (116), Raveni (123) and Kokkiniá (130). The municipal unit has a total of 42 communities.
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