Pella () is a municipality in the Pella regional unit of

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. The capital of the municipality is

Giannitsa Giannitsa ( , in English also Yannitsa, Yenitsa) is the largest city in the regional unit of Pella and the capital of the Pella municipality, in the region of Central Macedonia in northern Greece. The municipal unit Giannitsa has an area of 2 ...

, the largest town of the regional unit. On the site of the ancient city of

Pella Pella () is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece. It served as the capital of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. Currently, it is located 1 km outside the modern town of Pella ...

is the

Archaeological Museum of Pella The Archaeological Museum of Pella () is a museum in Pella (municipality), Pella in the Pella (regional unit), Pella regional unit of Central Macedonia. The building was designed by architect Kostas Skroumpellos and is on the site of the Pella, ...

Municipality

The municipality Pella was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *

* Krya Vrysi * Kyrros * Megas Alexandros * Pella (town) The municipality has an area of 669.220 km², the municipal unit 113.819 km². The

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

has a population of 57,093 (2021 census). The capital of the municipality of Pella is

(population 30,498 at the 2021 census). Other towns are Krya Vrysi (pop. 4,374), Mylotopos (pop. 1,831), Pella (town) (pop. 2,050), Galatades (pop. 1,628), Karyotissa (pop. 1,605),

Aravissos Aravissos () is a village in Pella, Greece. The village lies at the foot of Mount Paiko and is 11 km northwest of Giannitsa. History The name of the village, which belonged to the community of Asiar Bey, was originally Ompar. Most of its inh ...

(pop. 1,170) and Ampeleíai (pop. 1,003).

Famous people

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

(356–323BC) King of Macedon at its height *

Philip II of Macedon Philip II of Macedon (; 382 BC – October 336 BC) was the king (''basileus'') of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty, founders of the ...

Father of Alexander the great and king of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. *

Krste Misirkov Krste Petkov Misirkov (, ; ; Serbian Cyrillic: Крста Петковић Мисирков; ; 18 November 1874 – 26 July 1926) was a philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer from the region of Macedonia. In the period between 1903 ...

(1874–1926), a philologist and publicist.

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