Paionia (municipality)

Paionia Παιονία
Paionia
Location within the region
Coordinates: GR 41°00′N 22°34′E / 41.000°N 22.567°ECoordinates: GR 41°00′N 22°34′E / 41.000°N 22.567°E
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Kilkis
Area
• Municipality	923.7 km^2 (356.6 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	28,493
• Municipality density	31/km^2 (80/sq mi)
Community
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Paionia (Greek: Παιονία) is a municipality in the Kilkis regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Polykastro.^[2] The municipality is named after the ancient region of Paeonia.

Municipality

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

• Axioupoli
• Evropos
• Goumenissa
• Livadia
• Polykastro

Province

The province of Paionia (Greek: Επαρχία Παιονίας) was one of the provinces of the Kilkis Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Paionia, except the municipal unit Polykastro.^[3] It was abolished in 2006.

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
3. Detailed census results 1991 PDF (39 MB) (Greek) (French)