Paionia (municipality)
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Paionia Παιονία |
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Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
Regional unit | Kilkis |
Area | |
• Municipality | 923.7 km2 (356.6 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Municipality | 28,493 |
• Municipality density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
Community | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Paionia (Greek: Παιονία) is a municipality in the Kilkis regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Polykastro.[2] The municipality is named after the ancient region of Paeonia.
Municipality
The municipality Paionia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]
Province
The province of Paionia (Greek: Επαρχία Παιονίας) was one of the provinces of the Kilkis Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Paionia, except the municipal unit Polykastro.[3] It was abolished in 2006.
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
- ↑ Detailed census results 1991 PDF (39 MB) (Greek) (French)
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