Volvi (municipality)

Volvi Βόλβη
Volvi
Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°40′N 23°37′E / 40.667°N 23.617°E / 40.667; 23.617Coordinates: 40°40′N 23°37′E / 40.667°N 23.617°E / 40.667; 23.617
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Area
• Municipality	782.7 km2 (302.2 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	23,478
• Municipality density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Volvi (Greek: Βόλβη) is a municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Stavros.^[2] 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:^[2]

• Agios Georgios
• Apollonia
• Arethousa
• Egnatia
• Madytos
• Rentina

References

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

Administrative division of the Central Macedonia Region Area 18,811 km2 (7,263 sq mi) Population 1,882,108 (as of 2011) Municipalities 38 (since 2011) Capital Thessaloniki Regional unit of Chalkidiki Aristotelis Kassandra Nea Propontida Polygyros Sithonia Regional unit of Imathia Alexandreia Naousa Veroia Regional unit of Kilkis Kilkis Paionia Regional unit of Pella Almopia Edessa Pella Skydra Regional unit of Pieria Dio-Olympos Katerini Pydna-Kolindros Regional unit of Serres Amfipoli Emmanouil Pappas Irakleia Nea Zichni Serres Sintiki Visaltia Regional unit of Thessaloniki Ampelokipoi-Menemeni Chalkidona Delta Kalamaria Kordelio-Evosmos Langadas Neapoli-Sykies Oraiokastro Pavlos Melas Pylaia-Chortiatis Thermaikos Thermi Thessaloniki Volvi Regional governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas (since 2013, elected 2014) Decentralized Administration Macedonia and Thrace