page_title: Municipalities and communities of Greece
section_title: Organization of communities and municipalities
hierarchical_section_title: Municipalities and communities of Greece / Organization of communities and municipalities
caption_attribution_description: English: New administrative divisions of Greece [Kallikratis] Ελληνικά: -Νέα διοικητική διαίρεση στην Ελλάδα [Καλλικράτης] Français&#160;: Les divisions administratives de la République Hellénique depuis la réforme Kallikratis de 2010.
context_page_description: The municipalities of Greece are the lowest level of government within the organizational structure of the state. Since the entry into force of the "Kallikratis" reform on 1 January 2011, there are 325 municipalities. Thirteen administrative regions form the second-level unit of government. The regions consist of 74 regional units, which mostly correspond to the old prefectures. Regional units are then divided into municipalities. The new municipalities may be subdivided into municipal units, consisting of the pre-Kallikratis municipalities. These were further subdivided into municipal communities and local communities according to population, but are simply named communities since the entry into force of the "Cleisthenes I" reform on 1 September 2019.
context_section_description: Communities are governed by a council (συμβούλιο, symvoúlio) made up of 7 to 11 members and led by a president (πρόεδρος κοινότητας, próedros koinótitas). A deputy chairperson from a communal quarter (if the community has been further divided) may also take part in council meetings when specific issues of a communal interest are being discussed.
  Municipalities are governed by a municipal council (δημοτικό συμβούλιο, dimotikó symvoúlio) and municipal consultation committee (δημοτική επιτροπή διαβούλευσης, dimotikí epitropí diavoúlefsis), led by a mayor (δήμαρχος, dímarchos).  Depending on the size of the municipality, municipal councils are made up of anywhere from 11 to 41 council members representing "municipal departments" (many of which were small communities that had been merged into the municipality).  In addition, the council elects 2 to 6 town hall committee members.  In the case of mergers, local village or town councils (like communal quarters) may still exist to provide feedback and ideas to the larger governing body.
  Council members are elected via public election every four years on the basis of a party system.  Three-fifths of all seats go to the party winning a plurality of the vote and the remaining two-fifths of the seats go to other parties based on their share of the vote on a proportional basis.  The municipal council elects the town hall committee for a term of two years.
  The State ultimately oversees the actions of local governments, but the Municipal and Communal Code still provides communities and municipalities with legal control over the administration of their designated areas.
caption: Administrative division of Greece following the "Kallikratis" reform: each colour denotes a region, regional units are outlined in black, and municipalities in white
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