Pangaio

Municipality in Greece
Pangaio
Παγγαίο
40°57′N 24°09′E / 40.950°N 24.150°E / 40.950; 24.150
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitKavala
Area
 • Municipality701.4 km2 (270.8 sq mi)
 • Municipal unit79.6 km2 (30.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipality29,508
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Municipal unit
3,452
 • Municipal unit density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΚΒ

Pangaio (Greek: Παγγαίο, romanized: Pangaío) is a municipality in the Kavala regional unit, Greece, named after the Pangaion hills. The seat of the municipality is in Eleftheroupoli.[2]

Municipality

The municipality Pangaio was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

  • Eleftheres
  • Eleftheroupoli
  • Orfano
  • Pangaio
  • Piereis

The municipality has an area of 701.427 km2, the municipal unit 79.634 km2.[3]

Province

The province of Pangaio (Greek: Επαρχία Παγγαίου) was one of the provinces of the Kavala Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality, except a part of the municipal unit Eleftheroupoli.[4] It was abolished in 2006.

See also

  • Forest villages (Greece)

References

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. ^ "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). (39 MB) (in Greek and French)
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Area
14,157 km2 (5,466 sq mi)
Population
608,182 (as of 2011)
Municipalities
22 (since 2011)
Capital
Komotini
Regional unit of Drama
Regional unit of EvrosRegional unit of Kavala
Regional unit of RhodopeRegional unit of ThasosRegional unit of Xanthi
Regional governor
Christos Metios [el] (since November 2016, elected 2019)
Decentralized Administration
Macedonia and Thrace
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Subdivisions of the municipality of Pangaio
Municipal unit of Eleftheres
Municipal unit of Eleftheroupoli
Municipal unit of Orfanο
Municipal unit of Pangaio
  • Georgiani
  • Nikisiani
  • Palaiochori
Municipal unit of Piereis
  • Avli
  • Domatia
  • Melissokomeio
  • Mesia
  • Mesoropi
  • Moustheni
  • Platanotopos
  • Sidirochori
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Former provinces of Greece
Grouped by region and prefecture
Attica
East and West Attica
Piraeus
West Attica
Central Greece
Boeotia
Euboea
Phocis
Phthiotis
Central Macedonia
Chalkidiki
Imathia
Kilkis
Pella
Serres
Thessaloniki
Crete
Chania
Heraklion
Lasithi
Rethymno
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Evros
Kavala
Rhodope
Epirus
Ioannina
Thesprotia
Ionian Islands
Corfu
Kefallinia
North Aegean
Lesbos
Samos
Peloponnese
Arcadia
Argolis
Laconia
Messenia
South Aegean
Cyclades
Dodecanese
Thessaly
Larissa
Magnesia
Trikala
West Greece
Achaea
Aetolia-Acarnania
Elis
Western Macedonia
Kozani
Note: not all prefectures were subdivided into provinces.


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