Prespes ( el, Πρέσπες) is a municipality in the

Florina Florina ( el, Φλώρινα, ''Flórina''; known also by some alternative names) is a town and municipality in the mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'. The town of Florina is the capital of the F ...

regional unit,

Western Macedonia Western Macedonia ( el, Δυτική Μακεδονία, translit=Ditikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia. Located in north-western Greece, it is divided into the regional uni ...

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. Its population in 2011 was 7,380. The seat of the municipality is in

Laimos Laimos ( el, Λαιμός, before 1926: Ράμπη - ''Rampi'') is a village in the Florina Regional Unit in West Macedonia, Greece. It is the seat of the Prespes Municipality. Name The village was originally known as ''Rampi'' (Greek: Ράμπ ...

. It was named after

Lake Prespa The Lake Prespa is located on the tripoint of North Macedonia, Albania, and Greece. It is a system of two lakes separated by an isthmus: the Great Prespa Lake, divided between the three countries, and the Little Prespa Lake, mostly within Gree ...

, in the western part of the municipality.

Municipality

The municipality was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities of Krystallopigi and Prespes, that became municipal units. The municipality has an area of 515.497 km², the municipal unit 413.513 km². According to the 2011 Greek census, Prespes was the least densely populated municipality in the country, with an average of 3.05 residents per square kilometre, and also the smallest municipality, by population size, of the Florina regional unit.

Municipality

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