Tempi (municipality)

Tempi Τέμπη
Tempi
Location within the region
Coordinates: 39°48′N 22°29′E / 39.800°N 22.483°E / 39.800; 22.483Coordinates: 39°48′N 22°29′E / 39.800°N 22.483°E / 39.800; 22.483
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Larissa
Area
• Municipality	577.0 km2 (222.8 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	13,712
• Municipality density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Tempi (Greek: Τέμπη) is a municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Makrychori.^[2] The municipality was named after the Vale of Tempe.

Municipality

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

• Ampelakia
• Gonnoi
• Kato Olympos
• Makrychori
• Nessonas

References

1. ↑ "Detailed census results 2011" (in Greek). 
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)

Administrative division of the Thessaly Region Area 14,037 km2 (5,420 sq mi) Population 732,762 (as of 2011) Municipalities 25 (since 2011) Capital Larissa Regional unit of Karditsa Argithea Karditsa Lake Plastiras Mouzaki Palamas Sofades Regional unit of Larissa Agia Elassona Farsala Kileler Larissa Tempi Tyrnavos Regional unit of Magnesia Almyros Rigas Feraios South Pelion Volos Zagora-Mouresi Regional unit of the Sporades Alonnisos Skiathos Skopelos Regional unit of Trikala Farkadona Kalampaka Pyli Trikala Regional governor Konstantinos Agorastos (reelected 2014) Decentralized Administration Thessaly and Central Greece