Volvi (municipality)

Volvi
Βόλβη
Location
Volvi
Coordinates
Government
Country: Greece
Region: Central Macedonia
Regional unit: Thessaloniki
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipality
 - Population: 26,079
 - Area: 782.7 km2 (302 sq mi)
 - Density: 33 /km2 (86 /sq mi)
Other
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)

Volvi (Greek: Βόλβη) is a municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Stavros.[1] It was named after Lake Volvi.

Municipality

The municipality Volvi was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)