Wednesday 17 March 2010

Greece. Organising the Material: Administrative divisions of the country


The best way to organise the material is from the larger to the smaller.

In the case of Greece it would be: Periphery - Prefecture (Nomos) - [Island] - Town/Village, following the administrative structure that came into force in 1987.

However, it should be noted that the periphery system produces some anomalies, in that what would be considered natural geographical entities are not always respected. Thus the periphery of "Eastern Macedonia and Thrace" covers what are parts of two different geographical entities, while the Periphery of the Peloponnese does not include two Prefectures (Achaia and Ilia) which are included in the Periphery of "Western Greece", which thus covers part of the (geographical) Peloponnese and part of central Greece.

To add to the confusion, the Archaeological Ephorates often cover prefectures that belong to different Peripheries!

Thus, for practical reasons in the titles of the posts I shall follow the administrative structure of the prefectures (but not the peripheries) described below.

As in the historical and archaeological descriptions I shall most probably use terms like "Macedonia", "Thrace" or "Peloponnese" in their original, historic and geographic sense (which is what is meant by most Greeks when they use the terms anyway...), I shall include these in the titles of each post. As far as the order of the region is concerned, I was tempted to follow Strabo's description of Greece, as some branches of Archaeology (i.e. Numismatics) do till this day. In the end I opted for the simple solution of numbering from the North to the South and the East to the West.

Thus the title will look like:

{No}. Geographical Region:Prefecture (Nomos):[Island]:Town or Village

For the Geographical Regions see table 3 below.

Table 1: Peripheries of Greece and Statistical Data:

Map No

Periphery

Capital

Area (km2)

Population

1

Attica

Athens

3,808

3,761,810

2

Central Greece

Lamia

15,549

605,329

3

Central Macedonia

Thessaloniki

18,811

1,871,952

4

Crete

Heraklion

8,259

601,131

5

East Macedonia and Thrace

Komotini

14,157

611,067

6

Epirus

Ioannina

9,203

353,820

7

Ionian Islands

Kerkyra (Corfu)

2,307

212,984

8

North Aegean

Mytilene

3,836

206,121

9

Peloponnese

Kalamata

15,490

638,942

10

South Aegean

Ermoupoli

5,286

302,686

11

Thessaly

Larissa

14,037

753,888

12

West Greece

Patras

11,350

740,506

13

West Macedonia

Kozani

9,451

301,522

-

Mount Athos (Autonomous)

Karyes

390

2,262



Table 2: Peripheries and Prefectures (Nomoi) of Greece:

Map No

Periphery

Prefectures (Nomoi)

1

Attica


2

Central Greece

a. Euboea, b. Evrytania, c. Phocis, d. Phthiotis, e. Boeotia

3

Central Macedonia

a. Chalkidiki, b. Imathia, c. Kilkis, d. Pella, e. Pieria, f. Serres

4

Crete


5

East Macedonia and Thrace

MACEDONIA: 1. Drama, 2. Kavala, THRACE: 3. Xanthi, 4. Rhodope, 5. Evros

6

Epirus

1. Thesprotia, 2. Ioannina, 3. Arta, 4. Preveza

7

Ionian Islands

ISLANDS: 1. Kerkyra (Corfu), 2. Paxi 3. Lefkada, 4. Ithaki, 5. Kefalonia, 6. Zakynthos, 7. Kythira

8

North Aegean

a. Chios, (1. Chios, 2. Oinousses, 3. Psara), b. Lesvos (1. Lesvos, 2. Lemnos, 3. Agios Efstratios), c. Samos (1. Samos, 2. Ikaria, 3. Fournoi)

9

Peloponnese

a. Arcadia, b. Argolis, c. Corinthia, d. Laconia, e. Messinia

10

South Aegean

  1. Cyclades (1. Naxos, 2. Andros, 3. Paros, 4. Tenos, 5. Melos, 6. Kea, 7. Amorgos, 8. Ios, 9. Kythnos, 10. Mykonos, 11. Syros, 12. Thera – Santorine, 13. Serifos, 14. Siphnos, 15. Sikinos, 16. Anafe, 17. Kimolos, 18. Antiparos, 19. Folegandros, 20. Makronisos, 21. Herakleia*, 22. Gyaros, 23. Polyaigos, 24. Keros*, 25. Reneia, 26. Donousa*, 27. Therasia, 28. Antimelos, 29. Despotiko, 30. Schoinousa*, 31. Koufonisia*, 32. Delos; SMALLER ISLANDS and ISLAND GROUPS: 33. Antiparos group, 34. Makares Isles, 35. Anydros (or Amorgopoula), 36. Aspronisi, 37. Nea Kameni, 38. Palaia Kameni, 39. Askania, 40. Eschati, 41. Christiani, 42. Nikouria, 43. Kardiotissa, 44. Kitriani, 45. Seriphopoula, 46. Avelonisia group, 47. Schinonisi. (*The Koufonisia – Upper and Lower -, Herakleia, Schinousa, Donousa and Keros comprise the Little Cyclades – Mikres Kyklades).
  2. Dodecanese: 1. Rhodos, 2. Carpathos, 3. Cos, 4. Calymnos, 5. Astypalaia, 6. Kasos, 7. Telos, 8. Syme, 9. Leros, 10. Nisyros, 11. Patmos, 12. Chalke, 13. Saria, 14. Leipsoi, 15. Pserimos, 16. Agathonisi, 17. Levitha, 18. Kastelorizo (or Megisti). SMALLER ISLANDS: 19. Alimia, 20. Arkoi, 21. Gyali, 22. Kinaros, 23. Nimos, 24. Syrna, 25. Telendos, 26. Pharmakonisi, 27. Makry, η Χήνα, η Αγία Κυριακή, το Αυγό, το Γλυνό, ο Ζαφοράς, οι Κουνούποι, το Κουτσομύτι, το Μεσονήσι, η Οφιδούσσα, η Πλακίδα, η Ποντικούσα, τα Στεφάνια, τα Φωκιονήσια, το Χονδρό, το Χονδρονήσι, η Ίμια - Λιμνιά δύο, η Ίμια - Λιμνιά ένα, η Καλαβρός, η Καλόλιμνος, το Μαυροπινάκι, τα Νερά, η Πλάτη, το Σαφονήδι, το Χτένι, τα Αρμάθια, το Μακρονήσι, η Φράγκος, ο Αρχάγγελος, η Βελόνα, ο Γλάρος, η Μαύρα, το Μεγάλο Λιβάδι, η Πηγανούσσα, η Πλάκα, η Στρογγυλή, η Τρυπητή, ο Άγιος Γεώργιος, η Αγριέλαια, το Μαύρο Ποινί, η Πολύφαδος δύο, η Πολύφαδος ένα, η Ρω, η Στρογγυλή, το Ψωμί, η Ψωραδιά, η Κανδελιούσσα, ο Άγιος Αντώνιος, η Παχειά, η Περγούσσα, το Αγκαθονήσι, η Αγρελούσσα, το Άνυδρο, η Καλόβολος, ο Κόμαρος, το Μακρονήσι, η Μάραθος, τα Νερά, το Τραγονήσι, το Χιλιομόδι, το Γιαλεσίνο, οι Διαβάτες, ο Κουλούνδρος, ο Μαρμαράς, το Σεσκλίον, ο Χονδρός, ο Γάιδαρος, η Αντίτηλος, ο Άγιος Θεόδωρος, τα Κρεβάτια, το Μαελονήσι, η Τραγούσα, ο Γλάρος, το Κουνέλι,το Ψαθονήσιο, η Αστακίδα, το Ατσακιδόπουλο, η Διβούνια, η Χαμηλή.

11

Thessaly

a. Karditsa, b. Larissa, c. Magnesia, d. Trikala

12

West Greece

a. Achaea, b. Ilia, c. Aetolia-Acarnanania

13

West Macedonia

a. Grevena, b. Kastoria, c. Kozani, d. Florina

-

Mount Athos (Autonomous)






Table 3: Geographical Regions and their Prefectures (Nomoi):

Map No

Geographical Region

Prefectures (Nomoi)

1

Thrace

a. Evros, b. Rhodope, c. Xanthi

2

Macedonia

a. Drama, b. Kavala (incl. Thasos), c. Serres, d. Kilkis, e. Thessalonike, f. Chalkidike, g. Emathia, h. Pella, i. Pieria, j. Florina, k. Kozane, l. Kastoria, m. Grevena

3

Epeirus

a. Ioannina, b. Thesprotia, c. Preveza, d. Arta,

4

Ionian Islands


5

Thessaly

a. Larissa, b. Trikala, c. Magnisia, d. Karditsa

6

Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)

a. Euboia, b. Phthiotida (Phthiotis), c. Evritania, d. Aitoloakarnania, e. Attica, f. Boiotia, g. Fokida (Fokis)

7

Peloponnese

a. Korithia, b. Achaia, c. Elis, d. Arkadia, e. Argolis, f. Laconia, g. Messinia

8

Crete


9

Cyclades


10

N. Aegean Islands

a. Lesvos, b. Chios, c. Samos

11

Dodekannese


12

Islands of the Argosaronic Gulf

a. Aigina, b. Salamina, c. Spetses, d. Hydra, e. Poros, f. Angistri, g. Dokos



See also:
Wikipedia: List of Municipalities in Greece

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