Administrative divisions of Greece

Administrative divisions of Greece Διοικητική διαίρεση της Ελλάδας ( Hellenic Republic
Number	13 regions, 332 municipalities, 1 autonomous entity (as of 2021)
Populations	Total: 10,432,481
Areas	Total: 131,957 km2 (50,949 sq mi)

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Following the implementation on 1 September 2019 of the

entity.

Administrative divisions

Decentralized administrations

The first level of administrative division is composed of the new

, assisted by an advisory council drawn from the regional governors and the representatives of the municipalities.

  Decentralized Administration of Attica, with the capital of Athens
   Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace, with the capital of Thessaloniki
   Decentralized Administration of Epirus and Western Macedonia, with the capital of Ioannina
   Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Central Greece, with the capital of Larissa
    Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian, with the capital of Patras
   Decentralized Administration of the Aegean, with the capital of Piraeus
  Decentralized Administration of Crete, with the capital of Heraklion

  Monastic community of Mount Athos (self-governing, excluded from the Kallikratis Plan)

Regions

The second level is composed of the

regions

(περιφέρειες, periféreies; sing. περιφέρεια, periféreia), run by a regional governor (περιφερειάρχης, perifereiárchis) and a regional council (περιφερειακό συμβούλιο, perifereiakó symvoúlio), popularly elected every 4 years.

The regions are divided into 74 regional units (περιφερειακές ενότητες, perifereiakés enótites), usually but not always coterminous with the former prefectures. Each regional unit is headed by a vice-regional governor (αντιπεριφερειάρχης, antiperifereiárchis), drawn from the same political block as the regional governor.

Municipalities

The fourth level of government is constituted by the

) and a municipal council (δημοτικό συμβούλιο, dimotikó symvoúlio), elected every 4 years. The municipalities are further subdivided into municipal units (δημοτικές ενότητες, dimotikés enótites) and finally into communities (κοινότητες, koinótites). Although communities have their own councils, their role is purely advisory to the municipal-level government.

History

From 1 January 2011, in accordance with the

).

The first elections to the restructured Greek local government areas were held between 29 May and 2 June 2010.

See also

• Politics of Greece

References