Eleftheres
Ελευθερές
Beach in the Eleftheres Municipality
Beach in the Eleftheres Municipality
Eleftheres is located in Greece
Eleftheres
Eleftheres
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°50′N 24°18′E / 40.833°N 24.300°E / 40.833; 24.300
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitKavala
MunicipalityPangaio
  Municipal unit150.6 km2 (58.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Municipal unit
9,082
  Municipal unit density60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Community
  Population1,303 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
64007
Area code(s)25940
Vehicle registrationΚΒ

Eleftheres (Greek: Ελευθερές) is a village and a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 150.555 km2.[3] The seat of the municipality was Nea Peramos. The other villages in this municipal unit are Agios Andreas, Eleftheres, Elaiochori, Folia, Myrtofyto and Nea Iraklitsa.

According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 300 Greek Christians and 300 Greek Muslims lived in the village in 1900.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  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.
  4. Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p. 23. Written as "Левтера". (in Bulgarian)
  • Φώτης Ο.Ε., ΕΛΛΑΣ οδικοί-τουριστικοί χάρτες, 33rd edition, 2005.
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