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Meteora Μετέωρα
Municipality
MeteoraLocation within the region
Coordinates: 39°42′N 21°38′E / 39.700°N 21.633°E / 39.700; 21.633
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Trikala
Area
• Municipality	1,658 km (640 sq mi)
Population
• Municipality	19,274
• Density	12/km (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	https://www.dimosmeteoron.com/index.php/dimos

Meteora (Greek: Μετέωρα, romanized: Metéora, before 2018: Kalampaka) is a municipality in the regional unit of Trikala in the Thessaly region in Greece. Its seat is the town Kalabaka.

The municipality Meteora was formed as the municipality Kalampaka at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 8 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

• Aspropotamos
• Chasia
• Kalabaka
• Kastania
• Kleino
• Malakasi
• Tymfaia
• Vasiliki

In 2018 it was renamed to "Municipality of Meteora". The municipality has an area of 1,658.280 km.

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. ^ "Δ. Μετεώρων (Τρικάλων), local government changes". EETAA. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
3. "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
4. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2015.

External links

Media related to Meteora Municipality at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Administrative division of the Thessaly Region
Area 14,037 km (5,420 sq mi) Population 732,762 (as of 2011) Municipalities 25 (since 2011) Capital Larissa
Regional unit of Karditsa	Argithea Karditsa Lake Plastiras Mouzaki Palamas Sofades
Regional unit of Larissa	Agia Elassona Farsala Kileler Larissa Tempi Tyrnavos
Regional unit of Magnesia	Almyros Rigas Feraios South Pelion Volos Zagora-Mouresi
Regional unit of the Sporades	Alonnisos Skiathos Skopelos
Regional unit of Trikala	Farkadona Meteora Pyli Trikala
Regional governor Konstantinos Agorastos (reelected 2014) Decentralized Administration Thessaly and Central Greece

• Populated places in Trikala (regional unit)
• Municipalities of Thessaly
• Meteora (municipality)
• 2018 establishments in Greece