Eleftheroupoli

Eleftheroupoli (Greek: Ελευθερούπολη, katharevousa: Ελευθερούπολις - Eleftheroupolis, until 1929 Πράβι - Pravi,[2] Bulgarian: Правище; Turkish: Pravişte) is a town and a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.[3] The municipal unit has an area of 126.974 km2.[4] At the 2011 census, the municipal unit's population was 9,492, the town's population was 4,360.[1]

Eleftheroupoli
Ελευθερούπολη
Eleftheroupoli is located in Greece
Eleftheroupoli
Eleftheroupoli
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°55′N 24°15′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitKavala
MunicipalityPangaio
  Municipal unit127.0 km2 (49.0 sq mi)
Elevation
86 m (282 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Municipal unit
9,492
  Municipal unit density75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Community
  Population5,555 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΚΒ

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Sister cities

References

  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "Πανδέκτης: Pravi -- Eleftheroupolis". Retrieved 2016-11-30. Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research
  3. "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  4. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  5. Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, p. 182. Written as "Правища". (in Bulgarian)
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