East Olympos

East Olympos
Ανατολικός Όλυμπος
East Olympos is located in Greece
East Olympos
East Olympos
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°04′N 22°34′E / 40.067°N 22.567°E / 40.067; 22.567
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitPieria
MunicipalityDion-Olympos
Area
 • Municipal unit152.939 km2 (59.050 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
7,999
 • Municipal unit density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationKN

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)[3] and a population of 7,999 (2021).[1] The seat of the former East Olympos municipality was in Leptokarya.

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

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.