Kommeno

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Kommeno (Κομμένο) is a community in the prefecture of Arta, Greece. Population 835 (2001). During the Axis Occupation of Greece in World War II, the village was the site of a massacre perpetrated by the German 1. Gebirgs-Division, which, on 16 August 1943, executed 317 inhabitants and torched the village.
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Coordinates:   39°2'49"N   21°1'56"E
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