Provinces of Greece

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The provinces of Greece (Greek: επαρχία, "eparchy") were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures. From 1887, the provinces were abolished as actual administrative units, but were retained for some state services, especially finance services and education, as well as for electoral purposes. Before the Second World War, there were 139 provinces, and after the war, with the addition of the Dodecanese Islands, their number grew to 147. According to the Article 7 of the Code of Prefectural Self-Government (Presidential Decree 30/1996), the provinces constituted a "particular administrative district" within the wider "administrative district" of the prefectures. The provinces were finally abolished after the 2006 local elections, in line with Law 2539/1997, as part of the wide-ranging administrative reform known as the "Kapodistrias Project", and replaced by enlarged municipalities (demoi).

[edit] Organization

Provincial administration consisted of two parts: a collective Provincial Council and an eparch (Greek: έπαρχος). Members of the Provincial Council were the prefectural councillors of the respective province. The eparch or sub-prefect was the prefectural councillor who received the most votes in the prefectural elections.

[edit] List

Here is a list of the former provinces of Greece:

There were no provinces in the following prefectures:

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d "Επαρχίες και Νομοί της Κρήτης" (in Greek). http://www.crete.tournet.gr/Prefectures_and_Provinces_of_Crete-is-16-el.jsp. Retrieved 2007-12-14. 
Former prefectures (1833-2010), super-prefectures and provinces (1833-2006) of Greece
Provinces as of 2006.
East Macedonia and Thrace
Evros (Alexandroupoli - Didymoteicho - Soufli - Orestiada - Samothrace) · Xanthi (-) · Rhodope (Komotini - Sapes) · Drama (-) · Kavala (Philippi - Paggeon - Nestos - Thasos) · Two super-prefectures: Rhodope-Evros, Drama-Kavala-Xanthi, Prefectures dissolved before 2010: Thrace (1930)
Central Macedonia
West Macedonia
Grevena (-) · Kastoria (-) · Kozani (Kozani - Eordea - Voio) · Florina (-)
Thessaly
Epirus
Ionian Islands
Zakynthos (-) · Kerkyra (Corfu - Paxi) · Kefallinia (Krani - Paliki - Sami) · Lefkada (-)
West Greece
Central Greece
Attica
Attica Prefecture consisted of four prefecture-level units, often regarded as prefectures themselves: Athens · East Attica (Attica - Mesogaea - Lavreotica) · Piraeus (Aegina - Hydra and Spetses - Kythira - Piraeus - Salamis - Troezinia) · West Attica (Eleusis - Megaris) · Before 2010 Attica-Boeotia Prefecture(1943)
Peloponnese
North Aegean
South Aegean
Crete
In Northern Epirus
Argyrokastron (Delvino, Premeti) (1915-1916) · Korytsa (Erseka) (1915-1916)
In Eastern Thrace
Adrianople (1920-1923) · Kallipolis (1920-1923) · Rhaedestos (1920-1923) · Saranta Ekklisies (1920-1923)
Prefectures are grouped by region, these are sorted by ISO 3166-2 code as of 2010. If year of disestablishment of a prefecture in current Greece territory was before 2010 it is given in parenthesis.
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