Peta, Greece

For other uses, see Peta (disambiguation).

Peta Πέτα
Peta
Location within the regional unit 250x250px
Coordinates:
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Arta
Municipality	Nikolaos Skoufas
Population (2001)
• Municipal unit	4,904
Community
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration	ΑΤ

Peta (Greek: Πέτα) is a town and a former municipality in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikolaos Skoufas, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Population 4,904 (2001). In 2001 its population was 1,916 for the town, 3,896 for the community and 4,904 for the municipal unit. Peta is located north of Amfilochia, northeast of Arta, south-southeast of Ioannina and east of Preveza. The Arachthos River and its reservoir lies to the northwest.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Peta is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Peta (Peta, Agios Dimitrios, Amfithea, Ano Agioi Anargyroi, Kleisto, Neochoraki, Pournari)
• Markiniada (Markiniada, Diasella, Zygos, Megkla, Melates)
• Megarchi

Population

Year	Village population	Municipal district population	Municipality population
1981	-	3,515	-
1991	1,807	-	4,771
2001	1,916	3,896	4,904

History

Peta was ruled by the Ottomans with some interruption, the town was affected by the Greek War of Independence and lost their victory to become a part of Greece. The Turks recaptured the village and continued ruling the region until 1881 with a brief Greek occupation in the 1850s but it was reconquered.

Peta finally joined Greece during the liberation of the modern southeastern Arta which included most of Thessaly that ended the Ottoman Turkish rule in 1881. The tract of land northwest of Peta remained in Ottoman hands until the Balkan Wars of 1913. Its economy slowly improved.

Notable people

• Nikos Rizos (1924–1999), actor

External links

• Peta (town) on GTP Travel Pages