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Municipalities

Oct 4, 2026

Since 1833, Dimos [Δήμος], translated as Municipality, has been the lowest level of government within the organizational structure of the state. From the beginning, it was assigned to maintain records relevant to the residents of its area of jurisdiction. A...

Greek Given Names

Oct 4, 2026

Greek first names, for both males and females, are given at baptism and are primarily based on the Christian tradition. For example, some of the most common Greek given names are Georgios (Giorgos), Ioannis (Giannis), Konstantinos (Kostas), Nikolaos (Nikos), and...

Greek Surnames

Oct 4, 2026

Surnames In some cultures, surnames have been used in a given family for millennia. In Ancient Greece, however, individuals possessed a single name, often followed by either a patronymic name, the name of a clan or tribe, or a place of origin. Only around the...

Administrative Unit Of Attica

Oct 4, 2026

Introduction Attika is the home of Athens which became the capital of the modern Greek state in 1834. The number of its inhabitants surged when more than one million refugees from Asia Minor resettled in Greece during the Greek-Turkish population exchange of 1922-23,...

Administrative Unit of Central Greece

Oct 4, 2026

Central Greece is the second largest region noted for its agricultural lands, rich landscapes, mountain ecosytems, marine wildlife and metallurgical industries. Among its many archaeological sites is Delphi, reknown for the Oracle of Delphi and the ancient religious...

Administrative Unit of Central Macedonia

Oct 4, 2026

Central Macedonia became part of Greece in 1913. Located in northern Greece, it shares borders with Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia. Its varied geography encompasses high mountains and lowlands with many rivers that lead to a peninsula in the northern...