East Olympos

Summary

East Olympos, or Anatolikos Olympos (Greek: Ανατολικός Όλυμπος, Anatolikós Ólympos, lit.'east Olympos'), is a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece. In Greece's 2011 local government reform East Olympos became a municipal unit of the municipality Dion-Olympos.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 152.939 km2 (59.050 sq mi)[3] and a population of 7,999 (2021).[1] The seat of the former East Olympos municipality was in Leptokarya.

East Olympos
Ανατολικός Όλυμπος
East Olympos is located in Greece
East Olympos
East Olympos
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°04′N 22°34′E / 40.067°N 22.567°E / 40.067; 22.567
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitPieria
MunicipalityDion-Olympos
Area
 • Municipal unit152.939 km2 (59.050 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
7,999
 • Municipal unit density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationKN

The current East Olympos municipal unit consists of the following communities (constituent villages in parentheses):

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.