Voio (municipality)

Voio
Βόιο
Voio

Coordinates: 40°16′N 21°33′E / 40.267°N 21.550°E / 40.267; 21.550Coordinates: 40°16′N 21°33′E / 40.267°N 21.550°E / 40.267; 21.550
Country Greece
Administrative region West Macedonia
Regional unit Kozani
Area
  Municipality 1,007.6 km2 (389.0 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Municipality 18,386
  Municipality density 18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Voio (Greek: Βόιο) is a municipality in the Kozani regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Siatista.[2] It was named after the Voio mountains. The municipality has an area of 1007.629 km2.[3] Its population at the 2011 census was 18,386.[1]

Municipality

The municipality Voio was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

Province

The province of Voio (Greek: Επαρχία Βοΐου) was one of the provinces of the Kozani Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Voio.[4] It was abolished in 2006.

References

  1. 1 2 "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. 1 2 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). (39 MB) (Greek) (French)
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.