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Kastoria (regional Unit)
Kastoria (, ''Perifereiakí Enótita Kastoriás'') is one of the 74 regional units of Greece and is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. Its capital is the homonymous city of Kastoria. Geography Kastoria is situated at the western end of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia in the far north of the country. It borders the regional units of Florina (regional unit), Florina to the north, Kozani (regional unit), Kozani to the southeast, Grevena (regional unit), Grevena to the south and Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina to the southwest. The area of the regional unit roughly corresponds to the Regions of ancient Greece, ancient Greek region of Orestis (region), Orestis of Upper Macedonia. The international border with the Albanian district of Korçë District, Korçë lies on the western edge of the regional unit. The main mountain ranges are Gramos and Voio in the west (both part of the Pindus range) and Verno in the northeast. The Haliacmon, Haliacmon river flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonia (Greece)
Macedonia ( ; , ) is a geographic regions of Greece, geographic and former administrative region of Greece, in the southern Balkans. Macedonia is the largest and geographic region in Greece, with a population of 2.36 million (as of 2020). It is highly mountainous, with major urban centres such as Thessaloniki and Kavala being concentrated on its southern coastline. Together with Western Thrace, Thrace, along with Thessaly and Epirus (region), Epirus occasionally, it is part of Northern Greece. Greek Macedonia encompasses entirely the southern part of the wider Macedonia (region), region of Macedonia, making up 51% of the total area of that region. Additionally, it widely constitutes Greece's borders with three countries: Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia to the north, and Bulgaria to the northeast. Greek Macedonia incorporates most of the territories of ancient Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon, a Greek kingdom ruled by the Argead Dynasty, Argeads, whose most ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verno
Verno () or Vitsi () is a forested mountain range in the southern part of the Florina and the northeastern part of the Kastoria regional units in Western Macedonia, northern Greece. The elevation of its highest peak is . It stretches from the village Trivouno in the northwest to Kleisoura in the southeast, over a length of about . The nearest mountains are the Askio to the southeast, the Baba to the north and the northern Pindus to the southwest. It is drained towards the river Sakoulevas (a tributary of the Crna) to the northeast, and towards the Aliakmonas and Lake Kastoria to the southwest. The nearest towns are Kastoria to the southwest and Florina to the northeast. Mountain villages in the Verno mountains include Trivouno, Polypotamo and Triantafyllia in the north, Makrochori, Vyssinia and Vasileiada in the south and Nymfaio in the east. The Greek National Road 2 (Krystallopigi - Florina - Edessa - Thessaloniki) runs north of the mountains. There is a road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korestia
Korestia () is a municipal unit of Kastoria municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th .... The municipal unit has an area of 122.281 km2. Population 553 (2021). The seat of the former municipality was in Makrochori. References Former municipalities in Western Macedonia Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit) Kastoria {{WMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleisoura, Kastoria
Kleisoura (formerly Vlachokleisoura; , also Βλαχοκλεισούρα, ''Vlachokleisoúra''; or ) is a traditionally Aromanian (Vlach) settlement and a former municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality of Kastoria, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 37.069 km2 and a population of 223 (as of 2021). Kleisoura massacre On 5 April 1944, Bulgarian militiamen as well as German occupation forces of 4th SS ''Polizei'' Panzergrenadier Division, the same unit to later that year commit the massacre in Distomo, slaughtered the women and children of Kleisoura in retaliation for the execution of three German soldiers by ELAS close to the village. The ELAS guerrillas, led by Alexis Rosios from Siatisti ("Captain Ypsilantis"), who were active in the region, had attacked a German military phalanx at Daouli, close to Kleisoura, and had killed a vanguard of thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kastraki, Kastoria
Kastraki () is a former community in Kastoria regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kastoria Kastoria (, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 78.415 km2. Population 457 (2021). The seat of the community was in Ieropigi. The other village in the community is Dendrochori. The village Agios Dimitrios (Labanitsa) is abandoned today. See also * Kastraki, Phocis References Former municipalities in Western Macedonia Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit) Kastoria {{WMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitsi
Vitsi () is a former municipality in Kastoria regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality of Kastoria Kastoria (, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region ..., of which it is a municipal unit. It takes its name from Mount Vitsi which is the highest point within the municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 135.028 km2. The population is 1,145 (2021). It includes the villages of Sidirochori (Σιδηροχώρι), Foteini (Φωτεινή), Metamorfosi (Μεταμόρφωση), Toichio (Τοιχιό), Vyssinia (Βυσσινιά), Oxya (Οξυά), Polykerasos (Πολυκέρασος) and Poimeniko (Ποιμενικό). The village of Poimeniko has no permanent residents anymore. The seat of the municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agioi Anargyroi, Kastoria
Agioi Anargyroi () is a former municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kastoria Kastoria (, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 97.340 km2. Population 1,826 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Korisos. References Former municipalities in Western Macedonia Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit) Kastoria {{WMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agia Triada, Kastoria
Agia Triada () is a former municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kastoria Kastoria (, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 99.092 km2. Population 5,676 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Maniakoi. References Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit) Former municipalities in Western Macedonia Kastoria {{WMacedonia-geo-stub bg:Света Троица (дем) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallikratis Programme
The Kallikratis Programme () is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010 of 2010, a major administrative reform in Greece. It brought about the second major reform of the country's administrative divisions following the 1997 Kapodistrias reform. Named after ancient Greek architect Callicrates, the programme was presented by the socialist Papandreou cabinet and was adopted by the Hellenic Parliament in May 2010. The programme's implementation started with the November 2010 local elections, and was completed by January 2011. It was amended by the Kleisthenis I Programme (Law 4555/2018), which was adopted in July 2018 and implemented in September 2019. History Administrative reforms in the 1990s 1994 reforms under the socialist Papandreou government turned the largely dysfunctional prefectures into Prefectural Self-Government entities (PSGs) with prefects and prefectural councils both being popularly elected. In return, the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, which had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prefectures Of Greece
Until the Kallikratis reform in 2010, the prefectures () were the second-level administrative regions of Greece. They are now defunct, and have been approximately replaced by regional units. They are called departments in ISO 3166-2:GR and by the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. The prefectures were the second-degree organization of local government, grouped into 13 regions or (before 1987) 10 geographical departments, and in turn divided into provinces and comprising a number of communities and municipalities. The prefectures became self-governing entities in 1994, when the first prefectural-level elections took place. The prefects were previously appointed by the government. By 2010, their number had risen to 51, of which one, the Attica Prefecture, where more than a third of the country's population resided, was further subdivided into four prefecture-level administrations (νομαρχίες, sing. νομαρχία). In addition, there were three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argos Orestiko
Argos Orestiko (, before 1926: Χρούπιστα – ''Chroupista''; ) is a town and a municipality in the Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The Kastoria National Airport (also known as Aristotelis Airport) is located in Argos Orestiko. History Antiquity In antiquity, ''Argos Orestikon'' was the main town of the Orestae, in Upper Macedonia. It was said to have been founded by Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, who fled from Argos in the Peloponnese after the murder of his mother. The exact location of classical ''Argos Orestikon'' has not been found. Based on epigraphic evidence, the administrative centre of the Orestae lay near the centre of the present town Argos Orestiko, at a site named "Armenochori". During the campaign of Alexander the Great to the East, settlers from the town founded another Argos Orestikon to distant Scythian steppes during the 4th century BCE. Modern period At least since the 16th century, Argos Orestiko has a notable annual trade fair. Towa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nestorio
Nestorio (, ''Nestório''; and , ''Nestram'' or Нѐсрам, ''Nésram'') is a village and a municipality in the Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit of Western Macedonia, Greece. Nestorio is approximately southwest of Kastoria, at the banks of the river Aliakmon. Municipality The municipality Nestorio was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *Akrites, Kastoria, Akrites *Arrenes *Gramos, Greece, Gramos *Nestorio The municipality has an area of 616.072 km2, the municipal unit 336.326 km2. Subdivisions The municipal unit of Nestorio is divided into the following communities: *Kypseli, Kastoria, Kypseli *Kotyli, Kastoria, Kotyli (Nea Kotyli) *Nestorio (Agia Anna, Kastoria, Agia Anna, Giannochori, Livadotopi, Monopylo, Nestorio, Pefkos, Kastoria, Pefkos, Stena, Kastoria, Stena, Trilofos, Kastoria, Trilofos) *Ptelea, Kastoria, Ptelea (Kato Ptelea, Kranochori, Ptelea, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
