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Achaea Prefecture and Elis Prefecture formed the Achaea and Elis Prefecture; Aetolia-Acarnania originally also included Evrytania. Unlike the rest mentioned above, the prefecture never broke up into two prefectures, thus being the only one left with a composite appellation. Messenia originally included the southern half of what is now Elis.
The regions of Greece (Greek: περιφέρειες, romanized: periféreies) are the country's thirteen second-level administrative entities, counting decentralized administrations of Greece as first-level. Regions are divided into regional units, known as prefectures until 2011.
The third-largest-city is Patras, with a metropolitan area of approximately 250,000 inhabitants. The table below lists the largest cities in Greece, by population size, using the official census results of 1991, [1] 2001, [2] 2011 [3] and 2021. [4]
The municipalities of Greece (Greek: δήμοι, romanized: dímoi) are the lowest level of government within the organizational structure of the state.As of 2021, there are 332 municipalities, further divided into 1036 municipal units and 6136 communities. [1]
List of municipalities and communities in Greece (1997–2010) List of municipalities of Greece (2011) Prefectures of Greece (first existed in 1833, last abolished in 2010, by 2010 there were 51) / Greek: νομοί, sing. νομός, called departments in ISO 3166-2:GR; Provinces of Greece 147, last abolished in 2006 / Greek: επαρχία ...
Following the implementation on 1 September 2019 of the Kleisthenis I Programme, the administrative divisions of Greece consist of two main levels: the regions and the municipalities. In addition, a number of decentralized administrations overseeing the regions exist as part of the Ministry of the Interior, but are not part of local government.
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From 1 January 2011, in accordance with the Kallikratis plan, the administrative system of Greece was drastically overhauled. For the current list, see List of municipalities of Greece (2011). This is an alphabetical list of municipalities and communities in Greece from 1997 to 2010, under the Kapodistrias Plan.