Argos Orestiko

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Argos Orestiko (Greek Άργος Ορεστικό (n. sg ). Formerly called Argos Orestikon Άργος Ορεστικόν ) is a Greek town with 2011 7,473 inhabitants located about 8 km south of the town of Kastoria, close to the southern shore of Lake Kastoria and the second largest settlement in the Regional District Kastoria the region of Western Macedonia. Due to the small town of the headwaters of the river Aliakmona runs. Together with 12 villages around it forms a district gleuchen name in the community Orestida.

As a rural community ( kinotita ) Chroupista 1918 recognized, was in 1926 renamed Argos Orestikon (, orestisches Argos ') after an eponymous ancient Macedonian settlement ( ancient Greek Ἄργος Ὀρεστικόν ), a legendary founding of Orestes, which was locates in the area. 1946 was elevated to municipality Argos Orestikon ( dimos ); In 1970 the community was ( not the city ) after the ancient region of Orestis renamed Orestida ( older form Orestis ), received after the administrative reform in 2010 the name Argos Orestiko. Since the merger in 1970 Orestida said parish of the neighboring ion Dragoumis Argos Orestiko forms a district ( Dimotiki Enotita Δημοτική Ενότητα ) in the now Orestida mentioned, larger community.

The inhabitants of Argos Orestiko are mainly engaged in agriculture. In addition to this played into the 1990s, the fur processing and finishing, whose center is the nearby Kastoria, also play a role.

By Argos Orestiko the national road 15 passes of Siatista to Kastoria and head towards the Albanian border at Krystallopigi. In the area of Argos Orestiko the National Road 15 has been already replaced by the newly built highway 15, which replaces the old National Road and Highway 2 from Ioannina to Thessaloniki in Siatista will connect with Kastoria and the Albanian border. In the field of Argos Orestiko is also the national airport of Kastoria.

15 km away from Argos Orestiko is the so-called stone forest ( the district Nostimo ), whose age is calculated at 15 to 20 million years.