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Kapodistrias reform ( el, Σχέδιο Καποδίστριας, "Kapodistrias Plan") is the common name of law 2539 of Greece, which reorganised the country's
Greece Ministry of the Interior The administrative system was changed again at the 2010
Before and after the Kapodistrias reform, the difference between municipalities (δήμοι) and communities (κοινότητες) was merely a matter of size. Municipalities were larger and had a more urban character than communities, which were as small as a single village. The reform reduced the number of municipalities and communities sharply: from 5775 (441 municipalities and 5382 communities) to 1033 (900 municipalities and 133 communities).Structure and Operation of Local and Regional Democracy, Greece
Athens, 2012 Municipalities and communities varied in population from 745,514 ( Athens) to 28 (
Law 2539
Government Gazette 244, 1997 Subdivisions of Greece 1990s in Greek politics Reform in Greece 1990s in Greece Ioannis Kapodistrias
administrative division
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
s. The law, named after 19th-century Greek statesman Ioannis Kapodistrias, passed the Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the Hel ...
in 1997, and was implemented in 1998.Kapodistrias programGreece Ministry of the Interior The administrative system was changed again at the 2010
Kallikratis reform
The Kallikratis Programme ( el, Πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης, Prógramma Kallikrátis) is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010 of 2010, a major administrative reform in Greece. It brought about the second major reform of the count ...
.
Municipalities and communities
Before and after the Kapodistrias reform, the difference between municipalities (δήμοι) and communities (κοινότητες) was merely a matter of size. Municipalities were larger and had a more urban character than communities, which were as small as a single village. The reform reduced the number of municipalities and communities sharply: from 5775 (441 municipalities and 5382 communities) to 1033 (900 municipalities and 133 communities).Athens, 2012 Municipalities and communities varied in population from 745,514 ( Athens) to 28 (
Gramos
Gramos ( sq, Gramoz, Mali i Gramozit; rup, Gramosta, Gramusta; el, Γράμος or Γράμμος) is a mountain range on the border of Albania and Greece. The mountain is part of the northern Pindus mountain range. Its highest peak, at the ...
, in Kastoria Prefecture) with an average
In ordinary language, an average is a single number taken as representative of a list of numbers, usually the sum of the numbers divided by how many numbers are in the list (the arithmetic mean). For example, the average of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 7 ...
of 10,603.5 and a median of only 4,661.5 (2001 census "real" population, including Agion Oros
The monastic community of Mount Athos is an Eastern Orthodox community of monks in Greece, enjoying the status of an autonomous region holding the combined rights of a decentralized administration, a region and a municipality, with its territo ...
as one of the municipalities). The following chart illustrates the range:
Municipalities and communities varied in land area from 873.552 km2 (Kato Nevrokopi
Kato Nevrokopi ( el, Κάτω Νευροκόπι "Lower Nevrokopi") is a municipality and town within that municipality in the northwest section of the Drama regional unit, Greece. Before the 2011 local government reform, it was the largest mun ...
in Drama Prefecture) to 0.800 km2 (Nea Chalkidona
Nea Chalkidona ( el, Νέα Χαλκηδόνα, meaning New Chalcedon) is a suburb of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, of which it is a municipal unit.
Nea Chalkidona is ...
in Athens Prefecture), with an average of 127.618 km2 and a median of 105.669 km2.
See also
*List of municipalities and communities in Greece (1997–2010)
From 1 January 2011, in accordance with the Kallikratis plan, the administrative system of Greece was drastically overhauled. For the current list, see ''List of municipalities of Greece (2011)''. This is an alphabetical list of municipalities and ...
*Administrative divisions of Greece
Following the implementation on 1 January 2011 of the Kallikratis Plan, the administrative divisions of Greece consist of two main levels: the regions and the municipalities. In addition, a number of decentralized administrations overseeing th ...
References
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Law 2539
Government Gazette 244, 1997 Subdivisions of Greece 1990s in Greek politics Reform in Greece 1990s in Greece Ioannis Kapodistrias