Kompoti

For the village in Aetolia-Acarnania, see Medeon.

Kompóti (Greek: Κομπότι, pronounced [koˈboti]) is a village 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 a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 38.486 km².^[3] The Greek National Road 5/E55 connects Kompoti with Messolonghi to the south and Arta and Ioannina to the north. Kompoti is located north of Amfilochia and Agrinio, east-northeast of Preveza and southeast of Arta. The Ambracian Gulf is to the south. Kompoti became part of Greece in 1881.

Kompóti Κομπότι
Municipal unit
Church of Saint George in Kompoti
Kompóti Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°06′N 21°05′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Arta
Municipality	Nikolaos Skoufas
Area
• Municipal unit	38.5 km2 (14.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	2,392
• Municipal unit density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
• Community	1,645
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	470 40
Vehicle registration	ΑΤ

Subdivisions

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

• Kompoti (Kompoti, Agios Nikolaos)
• Foteino
• Sellades (Sellades, Alonia)

Population

Year	Village	Community	Municipal unit
1981	2,002	-	-
1991	2,050	-	3,287
2001	2,128	2,357	3,485
2011	1,544	1,650	2,542
2021	1,439	1,645	2,392

Other

Kompoti has a few schools, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) a few churches, banks, a post office, and a square.

Kompoti is the birthplace of Nikolaos Skoufas (Greek: Νικόλαος Σκουφάς), one of the founders of Filiki Eteria meaning Society of Friends in Greek, which was a secret organization working in the early 19th century, whose purpose was to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece and to establish an independent Greek state.