Troizinia-Methana ( el, Τροιζηνία-Μέθανα) is a municipality in the
Islands regional unit,
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 ...
,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...
. The seat of the municipality is the town
Galatas.
The municipality was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the two former municipalities
Methana
Methana ( el, Μέθανα) is a town and a former municipality on the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Troizinia-Methana, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has ...
and
Troizina
Troezen (; ancient Greek: Τροιζήν, modern Greek: Τροιζήνα ) is a small town and a former municipality in the northeastern Peloponnese, Greece, on the Argolid Peninsula. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the m ...
, that became municipal units.
[ Initially named ''Troizinia'', in January 2014 the municipality was renamed ''Troizinia-Methana''.]
Province
The province of Troizinia ( el, Επαρχία Τροιζηνίας) was one of the provinces
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of the Attica Prefecture
Attica Prefecture ( el, Νομὸς Ἀττικῆς) was a prefecture of Greece, first established in 1833 and disestablished for the last time in 1987. The prefecture was coextensive with the present-day Attica region.
History
Attica Prefectu ...
, from 1964 to 1972 of Piraeus Prefecture and later again to Attica prefecture until today. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipalities Troizinia and Poros.[ ] It was abolished in 2006.
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Municipalities of Attica
Provinces of Greece
Peloponnese
Populated places in Islands (regional unit)
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