Central Greece (region)

Central Greece Region (Greek: Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας, Periféreia Stereás Elládas, properly translated as "Continental Greece Region") is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. The region occupies the eastern half of the traditional region of Central Greece, including the island of Euboea. To the south it borders the regions of Attica and the Peloponnese, to the west the region of West Greece and to the north the regions of Thessaly and Epirus. Its capital city is Lamia.

Administration

The Central Greece region was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with Thessaly, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Continental Greece based at Larissa. The region is based at Lamia and is divided^[2] into five regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefectures), Boeotia, Euboea, Evrytania, Phocis and Phthiotis, which are further subdivided into 25 municipalities.

The region's governor is, since 1 January 2011, Klearchos Pergantas, who was elected in the November 2010 local administration elections for the PASOK party.

Towns

Biggest towns in each regional unit, according to the census of 2001 (only communities with population more than 2,000 recorded):

	Regional unit	Capital	Area (km²)	Population
	Boeotia	Livadeia	2,952	117,920
1	Thebes			22,883
2	Livadeia			22,193
3	Schimatari			7,173
4	Orchomenos			5,238
5	Oinofyta			4,903
6	Aliartos			4,847
7	Vagia			3,248
8	Distomo			3,192
9	Arachova			2,770
10	Kyriaki			2,298
	Euboea	Chalcis	4,167	210,815
1	Chalcis			59,125
2	Nea Artaki			9,489
3	Vasiliko			6,571
4	Eretria			6,330
5	Psachna			6,050
6	Drosia			5,950
7	Istiaia			5,522
8	Aliveri			5,249
9	Karystos			5,121
10	Loutra Aidipsou			4,519
11	Vathy			4,098
12	Amarynthos			3,672
13	Agios Nikolaos			3,426
14	Paralia Avlidas			3,115
15	Kymi			2,870
16	Nea Lampsakos			2,196
17	Limni			2,046
18	Gymno			2,033
	Evrytania	Karpenisi	1,869	20,081
1	Karpenisi			7,348
	Phocis	Amfissa	2,120	40,343
1	Amfissa			6,919
2	Itea			4,362
3	Galaxidi			2,011
	Phthiotis	Lamia	4,441	158,231
1	Lamia			52,006
2	Atalanti			5,199
3	Stylida			5,011
4	Malesina			4,427
5	Roditsa			3,509
6	Amfikleia			3,191
7	Agios Konstantinos			2,886
8	Kamena Vourla			2,796
9	Spercheiada			2,691
10	Livanates			2,559
11	Stavros			2,489
12	Elateia			2,372
13	Makrakomi			2,245
Total	Central Greece	Lamia	15,549	547,390^[3]

References

External links

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Official website (Greek)

Administrative division of the Central Greece Region

Area 15,549 km² (6,004 sq mi) Population 547,390 (as of 2011) Municipalities 25 (since 2011) Capital Lamia

Regional unit of Boeotia	Aliartos Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Livadeia Orchomenos Tanagra Thebes

Regional unit of Euboea	Chalcis Dirfys-Messapia Eretria Istiaia-Aidipsos Karystos Kymi-Aliveri Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna Skyros

Regional unit of Evrytania	Agrafa Karpenisi

Regional unit of Phocis	Delphi Dorida

Regional unit of Phthiotis	Amfikleia-Elateia Domokos Lamia Lokroi Makrakomi Molos-Agios Konstantinos Stylida

Regional governor Kostas Bakoyannis (since 2014) Decentralized Administration Thessaly and Central Greece

Administrative regions of Greece

Attica Central Greece Central Macedonia Crete Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Epirus Ionian Islands Northern Aegean Peloponnese Southern Aegean Thessaly Western Greece Western Macedonia

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