Geographic regions of Greece

The regions (Greek: γεωγραφικά διαμερίσματα, lit. geographic departments) are traditional (and until the 1987 administrative reform also official administrative) subdivisions of Greece. Despite their replacement as first-level administrative units by the peripheries, the regions are still widely referred to in non-official contexts and in daily discourse. There are nine regions, six on the mainland and three island groups.

The current (as of 2011) official administrative divisions of Greece are 13 peripheries (nine on the mainland and four island groups), which are further subdivided into 325 municipalities. Formerly, there also existed 54 prefectures or prefectural-level administrations.

Thrace Macedonia Thessaly Epirus Central Greece Peloponnese Aegean Islands Ionian Islands Crete

Map showing Regions of Greece