Voio (municipality)
Municipality in Greece
Voio Βόιο | |
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| 40°16′N 21°33′E / 40.267°N 21.550°E / 40.267; 21.550 | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kozani |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 1,007.6 km2 (389.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipality | 14,947 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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 2021 census was 14,947.[1]
Name
In the mid 1990s, Upper (Ano) and Lower (Kato) Voio, derived from Mount Voios were geographic terms spread by the Research Association of Ano Voios for use to describe the wider region.[4] Another name Kastanochoria, referring to an abundance of local chestnut trees, also signified villages which received no Greek refugee populations following the Greek–Turkish population exchange.[4] The Ottoman era name Anaselitsa, derived from a local village Seltsa (modern Eratyra) was used until the late 1920s for the wider area when official geographic name changes made it obsolete.[4]
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]
- Askio
- Neapoli
- Pentalofos
- Siatista
- Tsotyli
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.[5] It was abolished in 2006.
References
- ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- ^ a b c Kyratsou, Chrysi; Sotiraki, Katerina; Brkljačic, Marko; Prezotto, Joseane (2021). "'Naming the Baby': Music and boundary identities in Zoupanokhoria". Anthropology of East Europe Review. 38 (1): 97.
- ^ "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). (39 MB) (in Greek and French)
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Administrative division of the Western Macedonia Region
- Regional governor
- Giorgos Kassapidis [el] (since 2019)
- Decentralized Administration
- Epirus and Western Macedonia
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