Evritania prefecture

Evritania (Greek: Ευρυτανία, alternative romanization Evrytania, rarely: Eurytania) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is within the periphery of Central Greece. Its capital is Karpenisi (approx. 8,200 inhabitants). The prefecture is almost entirely covered with mountains including the Tymfistos and the Panaitoliko in the south and rivers including the Acheloos in the west, Agrafioti in the east and Megdova in the east flowing down to the Ionian Sea, and has a skiing resort. It is one of the leastle populated prefectures in Greece. It is one of the few prefectures that uses only one area code.

The prefecture borders Aitoloakarnania to the west, southwest and south (west over the Acheloos river), Karditsa to the north, and Phthiotis to the east.

Persons

• Pavlos Bakoyannis - Assassinated politician and husband of Dora Bakoyanni
• Georgios Kaphantaris - Venizelist politician and Prime Minister
• Zacharias Papantoniou - Poet and Writer

Transportation

• GR-38, W, Cen., E

Municipalities

Municipality	YPES code	Seat	Postal code
Agrafa	1501	Agrafa	360 73
Aperantioi	1502	Granitsa	360 72
Aspropotamos	1503	Raptopoulo	360 70
Domnitsa	1505	Krikello	360 76
Fourna	1510	Fourna	360 80
Frangista	1511	Dytiki Frangista	360 71
Karpenisi	1506	Karpenisi	361 00
Ktimenioi	1507	Agia Triada	360 80
Potamia	1508	Megalo Chorio	260 75
Proussos	1509	Proussos	360 74
Viniani	1504	Kerasochori	360 71

See also: List of settlements in the Evrytania prefecture

External links

• http://www.evrytan.gr