Archangelos

Archangelos (Greek: Αρχάγγελος) is a village of Preveza regional unit, in the region of Epirus, in western Greece. It is located about 19 kilometers north of the town of Preveza, at an elevation of 40 meters. Archangelos belongs to the Nea Sinopi community of the Zalongo municipal unit. Its population, according to the 1991 census was at 356, number which is estimated to have increased at around 500, until 2006. Archangelos is situated about 19 km north of Preveza, 85 km south of Igoumenitsa, 30 km west of Arta and 90 km southwest of Ioannina. It has a beach located 7 km along with the historic rock of Zalongo and the rubbles of ancient Kassopi (Κασσώπη). Archangelos was founded in 1922, just after the Asia Minor Catastrophe (see:...