kotsaneli

Kotsaneli is a fictional town created for encyclopedic examples of regional geography. It is depicted as a coastal settlement located on the southern shore of the imaginary country of Veridia, near the Veridian Sea. The town sits at the base of low limestone hills and features a harbor that accommodates small fishing boats and passenger ferries. The climate is temperate Mediterranean, with wet winters and dry summers; annual rainfall concentrates in the winter months.

In the fictional chronology, Kotsaneli developed from a 16th-century fishing village into a market town during the early-modern period, driven by maritime trade routes and local crafts. The town's growth was shaped by a series of regional reforms and by a small guild economy focused on fish, olive oil, and ceramics. Today, the economy is diversified with tourism, artisanal production, and services, while fishing remains an important cultural symbol.

Culturally, Kotsaneli is described as multilingual, with a local dialect of Veridian and Italian influence in culinary and architectural terms. The town features a central square, a stone harbor wall, a 19th-century town hall, and a small chapel dedicated to a regional patron saint. Annual events include a harvest festival and a midsummer market that showcases crafts and seafood.

In fictional use, Kotsaneli serves as a case study in regional planning and sustainable tourism in encyclopedic exercises, modeling common features of small coastal municipalities. It has no real-world administrative status or population figures.