Voio (municipality)

Voio Βόιο
Voio
Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°16′N 21°33′E / 40.267°N 21.550°ECoordinates: 40°16′N 21°33′E / 40.267°N 21.550°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Macedonia
Regional unit	Kozani
Area
• Municipality	1,021.0 km^2 (394.2 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	18,386
• Municipality density	18/km^2 (47/sq mi)
Community
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Voio (Greek: Βόιο) is a municipality in the Kozani regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Siatista.^[2] It was named after the Voio mountains.

Municipality

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

• Askio
• Neapoli
• Pentalofos
• Siatista
• Tsotyli

Province

The province of Voio (Greek: Επαρχία Βοΐου) was one of the provinces of the Kozani Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Voio.^[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)