Euboea (regional unit)

Euboea Περιφερειακή ενότητα Εύβοιας
Regional unit
Municipalities of Euboea
Euboea within Greece
Coordinates: 38°30′N 24°0′E / 38.500°N 24.000°E / 38.500; 24.000Coordinates: 38°30′N 24°0′E / 38.500°N 24.000°E / 38.500; 24.000
Country	Greece
Region	Central Greece
Capital	Chalcis
Area
• Total	4,167 km² (1,609 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	210,815
• Density	51/km² (130/sq mi)
Postal codes	34x xx
Area codes	222x
ISO 3166 code	GR-04
Car plates	ΧΑ
Website	www.naevias.gr

Euboea (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Εύβοιας) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It consists of the islands of Euboea and Skyros, as well as a 395 km² area on the Greek mainland. Its land area is 4,167.449 km², whereas the total land area of the municipalities actually on the island Euboea is 3,684.848 km², which includes that of numerous small offshore islets (Petalies Islands) near Euboea's southern tip.

Administration

The Euboea regional unit is subdivided into 8 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):^[1]

Prefecture

As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the former Euboea Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Εύβοιας) was transformed into a regional unit within the Central Greece region, without any change in boundaries. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.^[1]

New municipality	Old municipalities	Seat
Chalcis (Chalkida)	Chalcis	Chalcis
	Anthidona
	Avlida
	Lilantia
	Nea Artaki
Dirfys-Messapia	Dirfys	Psachna
Dirfys-Messapia	Messapia	Psachna
Eretria	Eretria	Eretria
Eretria	Amarynthos	Eretria
Istiaia-Aidipsos	Aidipsos	Istiaia
	Artemisio
	Istiaia
	Lichada
	Oreoi
Karystos	Karystos	Karystos
	Kafireas
	Marmari
	Styra
Kymi-Aliveri	Kymi	Aliveri
	Avlon
	Dystos
	Konistres
	Tamyneoi
Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna	Elymnioi	Limni
	Kireas
	Nileas
Skyros	Skyros	Skyros

Note: the former municipalities of Anthidona and Avlida are on the mainland, attached to the northeastern part of Boeotia. Skyros is an island by itself.

Provinces

Note: Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece.

Population

At the 2001 census the prefecture had a population of 215,136 inhabitants, whereas the island Euboea itself had a population of 198,130.

Year	Population
1991	209,132
2001	217,218
2011	210,815

References

1 2 "Kallikratis reform law text" (PDF).

Administrative division of the Central Greece Region

Area 15,549 km² (6,004 sq mi) Population 547,390 (as of 2011) Municipalities 25 (since 2011) Capital Lamia

Regional unit of Boeotia	Aliartos Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Livadeia Orchomenos Tanagra Thebes

Regional unit of Euboea	Chalcis Dirfys-Messapia Eretria Istiaia-Aidipsos Karystos Kymi-Aliveri Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna Skyros

Regional unit of Evrytania	Agrafa Karpenisi

Regional unit of Phocis	Delphi Dorida

Regional unit of Phthiotis	Amfikleia-Elateia Domokos Lamia Lokroi Makrakomi Molos-Agios Konstantinos Stylida

Regional governor Kostas Bakoyannis (since 2014) Decentralized Administration Thessaly and Central Greece

Prefectures of Greece

By name

By year established

1800s	1833 Achaea and Elis Aetolia-Acarnania Arcadia Argolis and Corinthia Attica and Boeotia Cyclades Euboea Laconia Messenia Phocis and Locris 1845 Phthiotis and Phocis 1864 Corfu Kefallinia Lefkada Zakynthos 1882 Arta Larissa Trikala 1899 Achaea Argolis Attica^c Boeotia Corinthia Elis Evrytania Karditsa Lacedaemon Lakoniki Magnesia Phocis Phthiotis Trifylia

1900s	1912 Chania Heraklion Lasithi Rethymno Sfakia 1914 Thessaloniki 1915 Argyrokastron^b Chalkidiki Chios Drama^d Florina Ioannina Kavala^d Korytsa^b Kozani Lesbos Preveza Samos Serres 1920 Adrianople^a Evros^d Kallipolis^a Rhaedestos^a Rhodope^d Saranta Ekklisies^a 1930–1944 Pella Kilkis Thesprotia Kastoria Xanthi^d 1947 Dodecanese Imathia Pieria 1964 Grevena Piraeus

^a In Eastern Thrace or ^b Northern Epirus, outside present-day Greece.
^c From 1971, Attica consisted of four prefecture-level units: Athens, East Attica, Piraeus and West Attica. From 1994, Athens and Piraeus were grouped into a single super-prefecture.
^d From 1994, Drama / Kavala / Xanthi and Evros / Rhodope prefectures were grouped into super-prefectures.

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