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Municipal unit in Greece
Thesprotiko (Greek: Θεσπρωτικό, "Thesprotian") is a village and a former municipality in the Preveza regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ziros, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 131.823 km2.[3] The village was known as Lelova (Λέλοβα) until April 1, 1927 when it adopted its current name.[4] An independent community since 1919, Thesprotiko became a municipality in 1948.[5]
The municipal unit Thesprotiko is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
Year |
Village |
Municipality
|
1981 |
2,005 |
-
|
1991 |
1,936 |
5,653
|
2001 |
1,775 |
5,474
|
2011 |
1,363 |
4,075
|
2021 |
1,257 |
3,341
|
It is the capital of the area of Lakka in the Preveza Prefecture (Lakka Lelovou), and has a valley which includes several villages. The village is located between the Thesprotika (Baldenesi, Μπαλντενέσι) with the elevation of 1,250 m and Tsouka Podogora-Zarkorachi to the east with the elevation of 1,270 m. It had a lake with the name of Mavri which dried up in 1960.
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