Louros is a town and a former municipality in the Preveza peripheral unit, Epirus

Epirus (periphery)

Epirus , formally the Epirus Region , is a geographical and administrative region in northwestern Greece. It borders the regions of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and the country of Albania to the north. The...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Preveza

Preveza

Preveza is a town in the region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, located at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the regional unit of Preveza, which is part of the region of Epirus. An immersed tunnel, completed in 2002 which runs between Preveza and Actium, connects the town...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was the small town of Louros (pop. 2,044). The area of the municipal unit is 176.075 km², with a population of 5,270 people (2001 census). The town and municipal unit are named after the Louros river which flows just south of the town. Until recently, the Louros valley was swampy

Swamp

A swamp is a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a large number of hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation. The two main types of swamp are "true" or swamp...

, but in modern times the marshes were drained and are now used for the production of olives, oranges and tomatoes. Besides the town of Louros itself, the largest towns in the municipality are Néos Oropós (pop. 1,381), Stefáni (513), Vrysoúla (263), Áno Ráchi (260), and Áno Kotsanópoulo (206).

Subdivisions

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

• Ano Rachi
• Kotsanopoulo (Ano Kotsanopoulo, Kato Kotsanopoulo)
• Louros
• Neo Sfinoto
• Oropos (Neos Oropos)
• Revmatia (Revmatia, Kato Revmatia)
• Skiadas
  Skiadas
  Skiadas is a small mountain village in the Preveza Prefecture in the north-western Greece . It is currently under the management of the Louros municipality...
  
   (Skiadas, Aloni, Kontates)
• Stefani
  Stefani, Preveza
  Stefani is a village in the municipality of Louros, Preveza Prefecture, Greece. Stefani had a 2001 population of 513 for the village. It is located north of the GR-21 and west of the GR-5/E55 and will be linked with the Ionia Odos.-Location:Stefani is located west of Filippiada and Arta,...
  
  
• Trikastro
• Vrysoula