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(Redirected from Eparchy (modern Greece)) Former sub-divisions of Greece's prefectures
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Subdivisions of Greece
Map of the subdivisions of Greece
First level
Second level
Third level
Autonomous Region
Obsolete terms
51 Prefectural Administrations
Prefectural Department, 2 Hyper-Prefectures

148 Provinces
Municipal/Communal/Local Department

The provinces of Greece (Greek: επαρχία, "eparchy") were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures. From 1887, the provinces were abolished as actual administrative units, but were retained for some state services, especially financial and educational services, as well as for electoral purposes. Before the Second World War, there were 139 provinces, and after the war, with the addition of the Dodecanese Islands, their number grew to 147. According to the Article 7 of the Code of Prefectural Self-Government (Presidential Decree 30/1996), the provinces constituted a "particular administrative district" within the wider "administrative district" of the prefectures. The provinces were finally abolished after the 2006 local elections, in line with Law 2539/1997, as part of the wide-ranging administrative reform known as the "Kapodistrias Project", and replaced by enlarged municipalities (demoi).

Organization

Provincial administration consisted of two parts: a collective Provincial Council and an eparch (Greek: έπαρχος). Members of the Provincial Council were the prefectural councillors of the respective province. The eparch or sub-prefect was the prefectural councillor who received the most votes in the prefectural elections.

List

This is a list of the former provinces of Greece and their capitals, sorted by prefecture, as they stood in 1991:

References

  1. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). (39 MB) (in Greek and French)
Former provinces of Greece
Grouped by region and prefecture
Attica
East and West Attica
Piraeus
West Attica
Central Greece
Boeotia
Euboea
Phocis
Phthiotis
Central Macedonia
Chalkidiki
Imathia
Kilkis
Pella
Serres
Thessaloniki
Crete
Chania
Heraklion
Lasithi
Rethymno
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Evros
Kavala
Rhodope
Epirus
Ioannina
Thesprotia
Ionian Islands
Corfu
Kefallinia
North Aegean
Lesbos
Samos
Peloponnese
Arcadia
Argolis
Laconia
Messenia
South Aegean
Cyclades
Dodecanese
Thessaly
Larissa
Magnesia
Trikala
West Greece
Achaea
Aetolia-Acarnania
Elis
Western Macedonia
Kozani
Note: not all prefectures were subdivided into provinces.
Greek terms for administrative divisions
Modern
DefunctGeneral Admnistration * Prefecture (Super-Prefecture, Prefectural Department) * Province * Municipal Department* Communal Department * Municipal Community * Local Community
Historical
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