East Olympos

East Olympos, or Anatolikos Olympos (Greek: Ανατολικός Όλυμπος, Anatolikós Ólympos, lit. 'east Olympos'), is a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece. In Greece's 2011 local government reform East Olympos became a municipal unit of the municipality Dion-Olympos.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 152.939 km2 (59.050 sq mi) and a population 8,343 (2011).[3] The seat of the former East Olympos municipality was in Leptokarya.

East Olympos

Ανατολικός Όλυμπος
East Olympos
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°04′N 22°34′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitPieria
MunicipalityDio-Olympos
  Municipal unit152.939 km2 (59.050 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Municipal unit
8,343
  Municipal unit density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationKN

The current East Olympos municipal unit consists of the following communities (constituent villages in parentheses):

References

  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
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