The Municipality of Georgios Karaiskakis
The eastern municipality of Arta, towards the Acheloos valley, with three municipal units and the Selitsou Monastery.
- Seat
- Ano Kalentini
- Area
- 463.9 km²
- Residents
- 5,278 (2021)
- Units
- G. Karaiskakis, Irakleia, Tetrafylia
The Municipality of Georgios Karaiskakis was created in 2011 under the Kallikratis programme by merging the municipalities of Irakleia, Karaiskakis and Tetrafylia. The seat is Ano Kalentini and the historic seat is Piges in Tetrafylia. It covers 463.9 km² and has 5,278 residents (2021), while the table on the same page adds up to 6,089 without explaining the difference.
The municipal units
The unit of Georgios Karaiskakis includes Diasello, Dimario, Kleidi, Petra and Skoulikaria. Irakleia includes Ano Kalentini, Velentziko, Dichomoiri and Retsiana. Tetrafylia includes Astrochori, Elati, Kastania, Megalochari, Mesopyrgos, Miliana and Piges.
Selitsou Monastery and mayors
The Selitsou Monastery is at Piges, and the page describes it as a martyr monastery. Mayors have been Nikolaos Vasilakis (1999–2010), Dimitrios Gallikas (2011–2014) and, since September 2014, Periklis Migdos.
