Greece

Local government

Main article: Peripheries of Greece

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Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as peripheries, which subdivide further into the 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos):

Related Topics:
Prefecture - Nomos

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• Attica:
• Attica
• Central Greece:
• Boeotia
• Euboea
• Evrytania
• Phocis
• Phthiotis
• Central Macedonia
• Chalcidice
• Imathia
• Kilkis
• Pella
• Pieria
• Serres
• Thessaloniki

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• Crete
• Chania
• Heraklion
• Lasithi
• Rethymno
• East Macedonia and Thrace
• Drama
• Evros
• Kavala
• Rhodope
• Xanthi
• Epirus
• Arta
• Ioannina
• Preveza
• Thesprotia

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• Ionian Islands
• Corfu
• Kefalonia
• Lefkada
• Zakynthos
• North Aegean
• Chios
• Lesbos
• Samos
• Peloponnese
• Arcadia
• Argolis
• Corinthia
• Laconia
• Messinia

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• South Aegean
• Cyclades
• Dodecanese
• Thessaly
• Karditsa
• Larissa
• Magnesia
• Trikala
• West Greece
• Achaea
• Aetolia-Acarnania
• Elis
• West Macedonia
• Florina
• Grevena
• Kastoria
• Kozani

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Beyond these one autonomous region exists: Mount Athos (Agio Oros - Holy Mountain), a monastic state under Greek sovereignty.

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The 51 nomoi subdivide into 147 eparchies (singular eparchia), which contain 1,033 municipalities and communities: 900 urban municipalities (demoi) and 133 rural communities (koinotetes). Before 1999, Greece's local government structure featured 5,775 local authorities: 457 demoi and 5,318 koinotetes, subdivided into 12,817 localities (oikosmoi).

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