Voio (municipality)

Voio (Greek: Βόιο) is a municipality in the Kozani regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Siatista.[2] It was named after the Voio mountains. The municipality has an area of 1007.629 km2.[3] Its population at the 2011 census was 18,386.[1]

Voio
Βόιο
Voio is located in Greece
Voio
Voio
Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°16′N 21°33′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Macedonia
Regional unitKozani
Area
  Municipality1,007.6 km2 (389.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Municipality
18,386
  Municipality density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Municipality

The municipality Voio 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 Voio (Greek: Επαρχία Βοΐου) was one of the provinces of the Kozani Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Voio.[4] It was abolished in 2006.

References

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