Nea Efesos

Nea Efesos (Greek: Νέα Έφεσος) is a rural settlement of the former Municipality of Dio, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.

Nea Efesos
Νέα Έφεσος
View of Nea Efessos
View of Nea Efessos
Nea Efesos is located in Greece
Nea Efesos
Nea Efesos
Coordinates: 40°13′N 22°30′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitPieria
MunicipalityDio-Olympos
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Community
  Population1,564 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
601 00
Area code(s)23510
Vehicle registrationKN

Name

The settlement was recently renamed Νέα Έφεσος (New Ephesus), because of the settlement of Greeks from the region of ancient Ephesus as a result of the 1923 Greek-Turkish population exchange. In 2007 a weather station was installed in the area.

Population

Nea Efesos has 1,564 inhabitants as of 2011.[1]

References

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