The Peloponnese Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου, translit=Periféria Peloponnísou, ) is a
region
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in southern
Greece
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. It borders
Western Greece to the north and
Attica
Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean S ...
to the north-east. The region has an area of about . It covers most of the
Peloponnese peninsula, except for the northwestern subregions of
Achaea and
Elis
Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ...
which belong to Western Greece and a small portion of the
Argolid peninsula that is part of
Attica
Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean S ...
.
Administration
The Peloponnese Region was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2011
Kallikratis plan
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 coun ...
, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with the Western Greece and
Ionian Islands regions, it is supervised by the
Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands based at
Patras.
The region is based at
Tripoli and is divided into five
regional units (pre-Kallikratis
prefectures
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),
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Arcadia,
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Argolis
Argolis or Argolida ( el, Αργολίδα , ; , in ancient Greek and Katharevousa) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese, situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula and part of the ...
,
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Corinthia
Corinthia ( el, Κορινθία ''Korinthía'') is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese. It is situated around the city of Corinth, in the north-eastern part ...
,
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Laconia and
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Messenia
Messenia or Messinia ( ; el, Μεσσηνία ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a ...
,
which are further subdivided into 26
municipalities. The largest city of the region is
Kalamata
Kalamáta ( el, Καλαμάτα ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patras, in southern Greece and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regi ...
.
Major communities
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Kalamáta (Καλαμάτα) (population 2011: 54,567)
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Trípoli (Τρίπολη) (population 2011: 30,912)
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Kórinthos (Κόρινθος) (Corinth in English) (population 2011: 30,176)
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Árgos (Άργος) (population 2011: 22.209)
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Sparti (Σπάρτη) (population 2011: 17,408)
Demographics
The region has shrunk by 41,537 people between 2011 and 2021, experiencing a population loss of 6.8%.
Economy
The
Gross domestic product
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(GDP) of the region was 8.2 billion € in 2018, accounting for 4.5% of Greek economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 17,400 € or 57% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 68% of the EU average.
References
External links
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States and territories established in 1987
Administrative regions of Greece