Kavala Prefecture

Kavala Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Καβάλας) was one of the prefectures of Greece. Its capital was Kavala. It was established in 1915, soon after its territory was incorporated into Greece in the Balkan Wars. The prefecture was disbanded on 1 January 2011 by the Kallikratis programme, and split into the regional units of Kavala and Thasos.

By name

By year established

1800s

1833: Achaea and Elis; Aetolia-Acarnania; Arcadia; Argolis and Corinthia; Attica and Boeotia; Cyclades; Euboea; Laconia; Messenia; Phocis and Locris
1845: Phthiotis and Phocis
1864: Corfu; Kefallinia; Lefkada; Zakynthos
1882: Arta; Larissa; Trikala
1899: Achaea; Argolis; Attica^c; Boeotia; Corinthia; Elis; Evrytania; Karditsa; Lacedaemon; Lakoniki; Magnesia; Phocis; Phthiotis; Trifylia

1900s

1912: Chania; Heraklion; Lasithi; Rethymno; Sfakia
1914: Thessaloniki
1915: Argyrokastron^b; Chalkidiki; Chios; Drama^d; Florina; Ioannina; Kavala^d; Korytsa^b; Kozani; Lesbos; Preveza; Samos; Serres
1920: Adrianople^a; Evros^d; Kallipolis^a; Rhaedestos^a; Rhodope^d; Saranta Ekklisies^a
1930–1944: Pella; Kilkis; Thesprotia; Kastoria; Xanthi^d
1947: Dodecanese; Imathia; Pieria
1964: Grevena; Piraeus

^a In Eastern Thrace or ^b Northern Epirus, outside present-day Greece.
^c From 1971, Attica consisted of four prefecture-level units: Athens, East Attica, Piraeus and West Attica. From 1994, Athens and Piraeus were grouped into a single super-prefecture.
^d From 1994, Drama / Kavala / Xanthi and Evros / Rhodope prefectures were grouped into super-prefectures.

Kavala Prefecture Νομός Καβάλας
Former prefecture
Location of Kavala Prefecture in Greece
Country	Greece
Periphery	East Macedonia and Thrace
Established	1915
Disestablished	2011
Capital	Kavala
Area rank	List of the prefectures of Greece by area
• Rank	List of the prefectures of Greece by population

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