Administrative Region : Epirus
Regional unit : Preveza
Agios Thomas (Άγιος Θωμάς) Preveza
Agios Thomas is a settlement of the municipal community, municipal unit and municipality of Preveza, of the regional unit (former prefecture) of Preveza, in the region of Epirus, according to the Kallikratis program.[1][2] Before the Kapodistrias plan and the Kallikratis program, it belonged to the province of Nikopolis and Parga of the prefecture of Preveza, in the geographical department of Epirus.[3][4]
Geography
Agios Thomas is a coastal settlement at the far southern end of the prefecture of Preveza, inside the bay of Preveza and at an average elevation of 20. It is located approximately 6 km N.E. of Preveza.[3][4][5][6][7]
Population
Permanent [8][9][10]
Year Population
1991 543
2001 338
2011 460
Actual (de facto) [1][3][4]
Year Population
1961 295
1971 226
1981 258
1991 541
2001 337
2011 453
Administrative changes until "Kallikratis"
The settlement was recognized in 1919 and annexed to the municipality of Preveza. In 1934 it was designated the seat of the community of Agios Thomas and in 1938 it was annexed to the municipality of Preveza.[2]
Sightseeing
The Leandros Spartiotis Art Gallery, in the northwestern part of the settlement
The Fortress ("Koulia") on the peak of "Tourkovouni" of the Laskara peninsula. It is well preserved and was one of the defensive works of the Greek-Ottoman Empire border line of the second half of the 19th century. Since 2002, the Fortress has been classified as a protected monument by the Ephorate of Modern Monuments
The settlement's cave with stalactite and stalagmite decoration, discovered in 2016 in an old quarry, but has not been systematically explored
The church of Agios Apostolos Thomas, which celebrates on October 5
The church of Agioi Apostoloi, on the opposite bank of the Amvrakikos (Salaora Bay), in the area of the eponymous, now abolished settlement
The lake (lagoon) Pogonitsa, with a very small opening into the bay of Preveza
The church of Agios Georgios in Skafidaki
The picturesque harbor of the settlement and the fish ladder east of the settlement
The beaches of "Skafidaki" and "Agioi Apostoloi", outside the settlement on the way to the end of the small "Laskaras" peninsula and the fish farms, opposite the islet of Gaidaros. The area has shipwrecks.
[7][11][12][13]
References
https://www.statistics.gr/2011-census-pop-hous
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/oikmet_details.php?id=17244
PL 1:180
PLM 1:456
Eds. "Ellada" Publications
Structure 1:226
"Holidays", p. 931, 933
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/apografes/apografi_2011_monimos.pdf
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/apografes/apografi_2001_monimos.pdf
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/apografes/apografi_1991_monimos.pdf
https://www.kastra.eu/castlegr.php?kastro=laskara
https://www.ertnews.gr/video/to-agnosto-spilaio-ston-agio-thoma-prevezis/
https://www.visitpreveza.gr/anakalipste/frourio-laskaras/
Sources
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1978, 2006 (PLM)
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1963 (PL)
Encyclopedia Structure, 2002-4
Publishing Organization "Ellada", maps (Varelas)
Magazine "Diakopes", ed. D.O.L., 2010
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Municipal Community Preveza
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| Agios Thomas (Άγιος Θωμάς, ο) |
| Kalamitsi (Καλαμίτσι, το) |
| Neochori (Νεοχώρι, το) |
| Preveza (Πρέβεζα, η) |
| Psathaki (Ψαθάκι, το) |
| Community Michalitsi |
| Agios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος, ο) |
| Michalitsi (Μιχαλίτσι, το) |
| Community Mytikas |
| Mytikas (Μύτικας, ο) |
| Community Nikopoli |
| Mazoma (Μάζωμα, το) |
| Nikopoli (Νικόπολις, η) |
| Community Flampoura |
| Flampoura (Φλάμπουρα, τα) |
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