Epirus (region)

Epirus (, Ípeiros), formally the Epirus Region (Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου, Periféria Ipeírou), is a geographical an admeenistrative region in northwastren Greece.<ref>Π.Δ. 51/87 “Καθορισμός των Περιφερειών της Χώρας για το σχεδιασμό κ.λ.π. της Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης” (Determination of the Regions of the Country for the planning etc. of the development of the regions, Efimeris tis Kyverniseos ΦΕΚ A 26/06.03.1987</ref> It borders the regions o Wast Macedonie an Thessaly tae the east, Wast Greece tae the sooth, the Ionian Sea an the Ionian Islands tae the wast an the kintra o Albanie tae the north. The region haes an aurie o aboot . It is pairt o the wider historical region o Epirus, which owerlaps modren Albanie an Greece but maustly lees in modren Greek territory.

Govrenment
Epirus is dividit intae fower regional units (umwhile prefecturs, nomoi), which are further subdividit intae municipalities (dimoi''). The regional units are: Thesprotia, Ioannina, Arta an Preveza.
250px|thumb|right|The admeenistrative diveesion o the Epirus region in municipalities. In shades o yellae, the regional unit o Thesprotia, in reid, Ioannina, in blue, Preveza an in green, Arta

Frae Januar 2011, accordin tae the reform introducit bi the Kallikratis Programme (Act 3852/2010) the prefecturs wur abolished an replacit bi regional units. The umwhile municipalities an communities wur re-structured tae form anerlie 18 new municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulationSeatIoannina97,657IoanninaKonitsa9,294KonitsaPogoni11,092KalpakiZagori6,032AsprangeliMetsovo7,835MetsovoZitsa17,293EleousaNorth Tzoumerka7,097PramantaDodoni13,939Agia KyriakiArta41,814ArtaCentral Tzoumerka12,069VourgareliNikolaos Skoufas15,235PetaGeorgios Karaiskakis9,016Ano KalentiniPreveza27,684PrevezaZiros16,494FilippiadaParga12,944KanallakiIgoumenitsa24,692IgoumenitsaSouli10,951ParamythiaFiliates10,448Filiates

The region's govrenor is, syne 1 Januar 2011, Alexandros Kachrimanis, who wis electit in the November 2010 local admeenistration elections for the New Democracy an Popular Orthodox Rally pairties.

Ceeties
Arta
Igoumenitsa
Ioannina
Konitsa
Metsovo
Paramythia
Parga
Preveza
Syvota

References

Freemit airtins
Offeecial steid Region o Epirus
 Preveza Weather Station SV6GMQ - Live Weather Conditions  (in Inglis an Greek)


Category:Modren regions o Greece
Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions o the European Union
Category:States an territories established in 1987