Nestos (municipality)

Nestos Νέστος
Nestos
Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°59′N 24°42′E / 40.983°N 24.700°ECoordinates: 40°59′N 24°42′E / 40.983°N 24.700°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Kavala
Area
• Municipality	678.8 km^2 (262.1 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	22,331
• Municipality density	33/km^2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Nestos (Greek: Νέστος) is a municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Chrysoupoli.^[2] The municipality has an area of 678.831 km².^[3] It was named after the river Nestos.

Municipality

The municipality Nestos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

• Chrysoupoli
• Keramoti
• Oreino

Province

The province of Nestos (Greek: Επαρχία Νέστου) was one of the provinces of the Kavala Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.^[4] It was abolished in 2006.

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
4. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). (39 MB) (Greek) (French)