Petra () is a former municipality in
Pieria regional unit,
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Katerini
Katerini (, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Regional Unit of Piera in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mount Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, at an altitude ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 219.318 km
2.
The population was 4,225 in 2021.
The seat of the municipality was in
Mesaia Milia. Petra is also the name of a small settlement in the community
Foteina, that had a population of 37 in 2011.
References
Notes
*Travels in northern Greece By William Martin Leake page 337
External links
Populated places in Pieria (regional unit)
Katerini
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