Thessaloniki (regional unit)
Thessaloniki Regional Unit Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Θεσσαλονίκης (Θεσσαλονίκη) |
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Basic data | |
State : | Greece |
Region : | Central Macedonia |
Area : | 3,683 km² |
Residents : | 1,110,551 (2011) |
Population density : | 301.5 inhabitants / km² |
NUTS 3 code no. : | EL522 |
Structure: | 7 municipalities |
Website: | www.pkm.gov.gr |
The regional district of Thessaloniki ( Greek Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Θεσσαλονίκης Periferiakí Enótita Thessaloníkis ) is one of the seven regional districts of the Greek region of Central Macedonia and with over 1.1 million inhabitants the most populous in all of Greece . It also includes the metropolitan area of Thessaloniki around the regional capital of Thessaloniki . It was established as a prefecture in 1915 and lost this status with the administrative reform of 2010 , when the powers of the prefecture were transferred to the region of Central Macedonia and the municipalities, which had been greatly reduced by amalgamation. With 40 mandates, the regional district occupies more than half of the seats in the 71-member Central Macedonian Regional Council, but beyond that it has no political significance as a regional authority.
geography
The area of the Thessaloniki regional district is located in northern Greece in the Central Macedonia region . It consists of a western part west of the Axios River and east of the Loudias River, which is completely flat. East of the Axios to the Gallikos River , the flatlands continue to the east as part of the Macedonian lowlands. The entire bay of Thessaloniki is enclosed by the regional district; in addition, the north-western tip of the Chalkidiki peninsula belongs to the Thessaloniki regional district. The Mygdonia plain with the lakes Volvi and Koronia opens up to the east, delimited by the mountain range of the Chortiatis (highest elevation in the area at 1201 m above sea level) . The southern mountain boundary of the Mygdonia plain belongs to the regional district of Chalkidiki , the northern mountain boundary with the massifs of Vertsikos and Kordelio belongs to the regional district of Thessaloniki. The eastern end of the Mygdonian plain, the valley of Rentina , is also the area of the regional district of Thessaloniki, as is the extreme northeastern tip of Chalkidiki (Stavros) and the adjacent mainland (Asprovalta).
The western level of the regional district is dominated by the delta of the Axios River. This is also the largest river in the regional district in terms of its water volume, the longest river in the regional district is the Gallikos. The rivers Loudias (border with Imathia ) and Gallikos to the west and east of the course of the Axios are less prominent, but also form a landscape .
The regional district borders (clockwise, starting in the southwest) on the regional districts Pieria and Imathia, Pella , Kilkis , Serres and Chalkidiki .
structure
The prefecture of Thessaloniki was divided into 45 municipalities (dími) until 2010 . 14 of them corresponded to the Greek definition of “city” with a population of more than 10,000 inhabitants. After the restructuring by the Kapodistrias Plan at the end of the 1990s, this limit was exceeded in part by adding up the population of several localities. With the amalgamation of many of these communities, the number was reduced to 14, all of which house over 20,000 residents. The old parishes have since had the status of parish districts.
The conurbation of Thessaloniki includes the city of Thessaloniki itself and six of the surrounding municipalities or parts of them, which together with the municipality of Thessaloniki form a coherent urban area. The entire agglomeration of Thessaloniki has around one million inhabitants and is the second largest urban agglomeration in Greece after Athens-Piraeus . Districts of the city of Thessaloniki and their suburbs in the metropolitan area do not always have an administrative status as a municipality. The districts of Ano and Kato Ilioupoli, Saranda Ekklisies, Ano and Kato Toumba and Ano Poli (old town) are examples of this; they are administratively not independent, but belong to one of the municipalities in the agglomeration of Thessaloniki.
The agglomeration of Thessaloniki is the focus of the regional district around the bay of Thessaloniki. Other parts of the area such as Mygdonia and the region west of the Axios River are much less populated than the region in the immediate vicinity of the city of Thessaloniki.
List of municipalities (Ez. Dimos Δήμος) of the Thessaloniki regional district | ||||||||||
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Surname | code | Administrative headquarters | Residents 2011 |
Area in km² |
Inhabitants / km² |
Parishes | ||||
Ambelokipi-Menemeni | Αμπελόκηποι-Μενεμένη | 0702 | Ambelokipi | 52.127 | 8.82 | 5,910 | Ambelokipi , Menemeni | |||
Chalkidona | Χαλκηδόνα | 0713 | Koufalia | 33,673 | 389.54 | 86 | Agios Athanasios , Chalkidona, Koufalia | |||
delta | Δέλτα | 0704 | Sindos | 45,839 | 308.88 | 148 | Axios , Chalastra , Echedoros | |||
Calamaria | Καλαμαριά | 0707 | Calamaria | 91,279 | 6.401 | 14,260 | - | |||
Kordelio Evosmos | Κορδελιό-Εύοσμος | 0708 | Evosmos | 101,753 | 12.3 | 8,273 | Eleftherio-Kordelio , Evosmos | |||
Langadas | Λαγκαδάς | 0709 | Langadas | 41,103 | 1,220.3 | 34 | Assiros , Kallindia , Koronia , Lachanas , Langadas, Sochos , Vertiskos | |||
Neapoli-Sykies | Νεάπολη-Συκιές | 0710 | Sykies | 84,741 | 12.76 | 6,641 | Agios Pavlos , Neapoli , Pefka , Sykies | |||
Oreokastro | Ωραιόκαστρο | 0714 | Oreokastro | 38,317 | 217.78 | 176 | Kallithea , Mygdonia , Oreokastro | |||
Pavlos Melas | Παύλος Μελάς | 0711 | Stavroupoli | 99.245 | 24.92 | 3,983 | Efkarpia , Polichni , Stavroupoli | |||
Pylea Chortiatis | Πυλαία-Χορτιάτης | 0712 | panorama | 70.110 | 156.83 | 447 | Chortiatis , panorama , pylea | |||
Thermaikos | Θερμαϊκός | 0704 | Perea | 50.264 | 131.36 | 383 | Epanomi , Michaniona , Thermaikos | |||
Thermi | Θέρμη | 0706 | Thermi | 53,201 | 100.943 | 527 | Mikra , Thermi, Vasilika | |||
Thessaloniki | Θεσσαλονίκη | 0701 | Thessaloniki | 325.182 | 20.85 | 15,596 | Thessaloniki, Triandria | |||
Volvi | Βόλβη | 0703 | Stavros | 23,478 | 782.69 | 30th | Agios Georgios , Apollonia , Arethousa , Egnatia , Madytos , Rendina |
Web links
- Official website of the prefecture (Greek, English)
- Aerial photos of the prefecture (description in Greek)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)