Pangaio

Pangaio Παγγαίο
Municipality
Pangaio Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°57′N 24°09′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Kavala
Area
• Municipality	701.4 km^2 (270.8 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	79.6 km^2 (30.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	29,508
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	3,452
• Municipal unit density	43/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΚΒ

Pangaio (Greek: Παγγαίο, romanized: Pangaío) is a municipality in the Kavala regional unit, Greece, named after the Pangaion hills. The seat of the municipality is in Eleftheroupoli.^[2]

Municipality

The municipality Pangaio was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

• Eleftheres
• Eleftheroupoli
• Orfano
• Pangaio
• Piereis

The municipality has an area of 701.427 km², the municipal unit 79.634 km².^[3]

Province

The province of Pangaio (Greek: Επαρχία Παγγαίου) was one of the provinces of the Kavala Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality, except a part of the municipal unit Eleftheroupoli.^[4] It was abolished in 2006.

See also

• Forest villages (Greece)

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)