Narkissos (Greek: Νάρκισσος meaning narcissus) is a village in the municipal unit of Fanari in the Preveza regional unit in the region of

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, in western

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. In 2021 its population was 282.

History

Narkissos was one of the Albanian speaking

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villages which either due to the absence of Greek or for reasons of demographic importance, would see Greek education expanded, through measures such as the establishment of kindergartens.Baltsiotis. ''The Muslim Chams of Northwestern Greece''. 2011. "Parallel measures were taken at the same time regarding the language in Christian Albanian speaking villages. The most important and easily confirmed measure consisted of opening kindergartens in villages selected either by the absence of knowledge of Greek or by their demographic importance. According to a 1931 document, these villages included Agia, Anthoussa, Eleftheri Kanallaki, Narkissos, Psakka, Aghios Vlassios, Kastri (Dagh) and Draghani."

References

{{Fanari Populated places in Preveza (regional unit) Parga