Administrative regions of Greece
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Administrative regions of Greece Διοικητικές περιφέρειες της Ελλάδας (Greek) |
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Category | Unitary state |
Location | Hellenic Republic |
Number | 13 Regions 1 Autonomous Region |
Populations | (All Regions): 10,815,197 |
Areas | (All Regions): 131,957 km2 (50,949 sq mi) |
Government | Central government Regional governments Theocratic government (Athos) |
Subdivisions | municipality, community |
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The administrative regions of Greece (Greek: περιφέρειες, peripheries) are the country's first-level administrative entities, each comprising several second-level units, originally prefectures and, since 2011, regional units.
History
The current regions were established in 1987, replacing the traditional division into broad historical–geographical regions (γεωγραφικά διαμερίσματα), which are still often used in popular discourse and in statistics. Although the post-1987 regions were mostly based on the earlier divisions, they are usually smaller and, in a few cases, do not overlap with the traditional definitions: for instance, the region of Western Greece, which had no previous analogue, comprises territory belonging to the Peloponnese peninsula and the traditional region of Central Greece.
The first seven peripheries were established by the then-ruling military regime in 1971. They were abolished after the fall of Georgios Papadopoulos in November 1973. The current regions were created by Law 1622/1986 and Presidential Decree 51/1987, and were conceived as an auxiliary regional level of the central government.
As part of Greece's EU-mandated decentralization process, they were accorded more powers in the 1997 Kapodistrias reform of local and regional government. They were transformed into fully separate entities by the 2010 Kallikratis Plan (Law 3852/2010), which entered into effect on 1 January 2011. In the 2011 changes, the government-appointed general secretary (γενικός γραμματέας) was replaced with a popularly elected regional governor (περιφερειάρχης) and a regional council (περιφερειακό συμβούλιο) with 5-year terms. Many powers of the prefectures, which were also abolished or reformed into regional units, were transferred to the region level. The regional organs of the central government were in turn replaced by seven el, which group from one to three regions under a government-appointed general secretary.
List of Administrative Regions
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Map showing modern regions of Greece |
Bordering the region of Central Macedonia there is one autonomous region, Mount Athos (Agion Oros, or "Holy Mountain"), a monastic community under Greek sovereignty. It is located on the easternmost of the three large peninsulas jutting into the Aegean from the Chalcidice Peninsula.
A/A | Administrative Region | Seat | Area (km²) |
Population (residents) |
Population Density (Residents/km²) |
Gross domestic product (million €) |
Per capita gross domestic product (€) |
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1 | Attica | Athens | 3.808 | 3,812.330 | 1001,11 | 110.546 | 26.968 |
2 | Central Greece | Lamia | 15.549 | 546.870 | 35,17 | 10.537 | 19.007 |
3 | Central Macedonia | Thessalonica | 18.811 | 1,874.590 | 99,66 | 32.285 | 16.559 |
4 | Crete | Heraklion | 8.336 | 621.340 | 74,54 | 11.243 | 18.421 |
5 | Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | Komotini | 14.157 | 606.170 | 42,82 | 9.265 | 15.272 |
6 | Epirus | Ioannina | 9.203 | 336.650 | 36,58 | 5.079 | 14.221 |
7 | Ionian Islands | Corfu | 2.307 | 206.470 | 89,50 | 4.130 | 17.726 |
8 | North Aegean | Mytilene | 3.836 | 197.810 | 51,57 | 3.330 | 16.638 |
9 | Peloponnese | Tripolis | 15.490 | 581.980 | 37,57 | 9.809 | 16.580 |
10 | South Aegean | Ermoupolis | 5.286 | 308.610 | 58,38 | 7.646 | 24.828 |
11 | Thessaly | Larissa | 14.037 | 730.730 | 52,06 | 11.608 | 15.772 |
12 | Western Greece | Patras | 11.350 | 680.190 | 59,93 | 10.659 | 14.332 |
13 | Western Macedonia | Kozani | 9.451 | 282.120 | 29,85 | 5.506 | 18.786 |
See also
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