Nestos (municipality)

Nestos Νέστος
Municipality
Nestos Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°59′N 24°42′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Kavala
Area
• Municipality	678.8 km^2 (262.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	20,311
• Density	30/km^2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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. "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.
2. "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
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) (in Greek and French)