Meliti

Meliti municipality Δημοτική Ενότητα Μελίτης (Μελίτη)
Basic data
State :	Greece
Region :	Western Macedonia
Regional District :	Florina
Municipality :	Florina
Geographic coordinates :	40 ° 47 '  N , 21 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 47 '  N , 21 ° 38'  E
Height above d. M .:	615 - 666 - 760 m Itea - Middle - Skopos
Area :	269.477 km²
Residents :	5,927 (2011)
Population density :	22 people / km²
Code No .:	170103
Structure:	11 local communities
Located in the municipality of Florina and in the Florina regional unit

Meliti ( Greek Μελίτη ( f. Sg. )) Is a village in the municipality of Florinain in the Greek region of Western Macedonia . Until 2010 it formed the municipality of Meliti (gr. Dimos Melitis Δήμος Μελίτης) with numerous surrounding villages . The village was recognized in 1918 as the rural municipality of Vostarani (Βοσταράνη or Kinotita Vostaranis ), renamed Meliti in 1926 and raised to a municipal municipality (dimos) in 1997 with the incorporation of numerous neighboring villages . With the administrative reform in 2010 , the municipality was incorporated into Florina and has since formed one of four municipal districts.

The municipality of Meliti is located in the north-western region of mainland Greece south of the border with North Macedonia and east of the Prespa lakes . In the western part of the area the landscape dominates the Florina and Bitola plains, in the eastern part the western and southwestern foothills of the Voras massif. In addition to the municipality of Amyndeo , the Melitis area also includes the range of hills and mountains that separate the Florina-Bitola plain from the Eordea plain. The small village of Neochoraki is located roughly in the geographical center of Melitis and directly at the intersection of road connections to the individual villages.

Administrative division

District local community	Greek name	code	Area (km²)	2001 residents	Residents 2011	Villages and settlements
Neochoraki	Τοπική Κοινότητα Νεοχωρακίου	17010301	008.524	0593	0518	Neochoraki, Agios Athanasios
Achlada	Τοπική Κοινότητα Αχλάδας	17010302	020,621	0468	0404	Achlada, Ano Achlada, Giorouki
Vevi	Τοπική Κοινότητα Βεύης	17010303	031.696	0688	0663	Vevi
Itea	Τοπική Κοινότητα Ιτέας	17010304	009,799	0650	0542	Itea
Lofi	Τοπική Κοινότητα Λόφων	17010305	020,521	0445	0355	Lofi
Meliti	Τοπική Κοινότητα Μελίτης	17010306	037.193	1535	1432	Meliti
Palestra	Τοπική Κοινότητα Παλαίστρας	17010307	007.674	0336	0289	Palestra
Parrots	Τοπική Κοινότητα Παππαγιάννη	17010308	010.652	1016	0581	Parrots
Sitaria	Τοπική Κοινότητα Σιταριάς	17010309	011.097	0812	0718	Sitaria
Skopos	Τοπική Κοινότητα Σκοπού	17010310	105.850	0139	0114	Skopos
Tripotamos	Τοπική Κοινότητα Τριποτάμου	17010311	005,850	0356	0311	Tripotamos
total		170103	269,477	7038	5927

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  Old school in Vevi

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  Center of Vevi in ​​2008

The current names of the parts of the municipality and localities were made binding by decrees of the Greek President Pavlos Koundouriotis in 1926 and 1928 : previously, the parts of the municipality and localities were known under different names (old name and year of renaming in brackets): Meliti (Vostarani, 1926) , Vevi (Banitsa, 1926), Neochoraki (Neogazi, 1928), Pappagiannis (Papaziani or Vakufkoy, 1928), and Skopos (Ano Nevoliani, 1928).

traffic

Two national roads lead through the municipality of Meliti on a common route: National road 2 (Europastraße 86) and Nationalstraße 3 (Europastraße 65) run from north-west in an arc to south through the municipality and leave it by means of the Klidi Pass. In the area of ​​the Klidi Pass, a new route was created for the national roads, which in 2005 replaced the old winding route. Before the opening of the eastern bypass of Lake Vegoritida , which takes the national road 2 to Edessa and Thessaloniki, the national roads 2 and 3 separated to the west of the town of Vevi: the national road 2 led to the east via Kelli (Kella) in the direction of Edessa and Thessaloniki, the national road 3 to Amyndeo, Ptolemaida and Kozani to the south. The municipality of Meliti is also crossed by the Thessaloniki-Edessa-Florina railway line, opened in 1894 . It runs approximately along the route of the national roads over the Klidi Pass from Amyndeo via Vevi to Florina.

The economy of Melitis is traditionally determined by agriculture . The cultivation of grain has been predominant. After extensive lignite deposits were discovered in the Florina-Bitola plain, two lignite quarries near Vevi and Achlada emerged in the area of ​​the municipality. The state-owned Greek electricity company DEI has built a lignite power plant in the municipal area near the village of Meliti and Achlada .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
2. ↑ Decree of the President of February 9, 1926. Published in the government newspaper (Efimeris tis Kyvernisis) FEK 55, Volume A, pp. 404 ff., Points 1, 5, 7, 12, of February 15, 1926. Available from the National Printing Office of Greece (Ethniko Typografio) (in Greek). Last accessed: August 14, 2010.
3. ↑ Decree of the President of July 19, 1928. Published in the government newspaper (Efimeris tis Kyvernisis) FEK 156, Volume A, p. 1233, right column, point 204, of August 8, 1928. Available at National Printing Office of Greece (Ethniko Typografio) ( in Greek). Last accessed: August 14, 2010.