Administrative Region : West Macedonia
Regional unit : Florina
Fanos (Φανός) Florina
Fanos (formerly Spantsi [1]) is a village in Western Macedonia in the Regional Unit of Florina[2].
Geographical and historical information
Fanos is located southwest of Lake Petres at an altitude of 650 meters[2][3]. The village is built near the provincial road Amyntaio - Kastoria, 8 km. E.-SE. from Amyntaio and 33 km. SE. from Florina.
The village was called Spantsa until 1926, when it was renamed Fanos[4]. Since 2010, according to the Kallikratis plan, it has been the local community of Fanos, which belongs to the municipal unit of Amyntaio of the Municipality of Amyntaio and, according to the 2011 census, has a population of 650 residents[5].
There is also the Cultural Association "Zoodochos Pigis" which is very active, organizing various events every year, the most important and well-known of which is the feast in the village square, when the Zoodochos Pigi is celebrated.
References
Renaming of Settlements in Greece. Spantsi
Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 168, vol. 34.
"FANOS (Village) FLORINA - Greek Travel Pages". www.gtp.gr. Retrieved on October 28, 2024.
"Administrative Changes of Settlements". EETAA. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
"Official Gazette of the results of the PERMANENT population census 2011", p. 10557 (p. 83 of the pdf)
| Municipal unit Amyntaio |
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Municipal Community Amyntaio
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| Amyntaio (Αμύνταιο, το) |
| Analipsi (Ανάληψη, η) |
| Sotiras (Σωτήρ, ο) |
| Community Agios Panteleimon |
| Agios Panteleimon (Άγιος Παντελεήμων, ο) |
| Community Kella |
| Kella (Κέλλα, η) |
| Community Kleidi |
| Kleidi (Κλειδίο, το) |
| Community Xino Nero |
| Xino Nero (Ξινό Νερό, το) |
| Community Petres |
| Petres (Πέτραι, αι) |
| Community Rodonas |
| Rodonas (Ροδώνας, ο) |
| Community Fanos |
| Fanos (Φανός, ο) |
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