Grevena (regional unit)
The Regional District Grevena (Greek Periferiaki Enotita Grevenon ) is the southernmost of the four regional districts of the Greek region of Western Macedonia. Main town is the namesake and largest city of Grevena. Grevena was formed in 1964 as the Prefecture of parts of the former prefectures of Grevena - Kozani and Larissa and lost the prefectural status by the administrative reform of 2010. The Regional District Grevena sends seven MPs in the westmakedonischen Regional Council, has also but no political significance. The number of municipalities was reduced to two, of which the municipality Grevena, with its almost 1860 km ² area- largest municipality in Greece.
Geography
The Regional District of Grevena lies in the southwest of Western Macedonia. In the north and east it borders the Regional District of Kozani in the north and northwest by the Regional District of Kastoria, in the southeast on the Regional District Larisa (Thessaly ), in the west and southwest by the regional Prefecture of Ioannina ( Epirus ) and on the south by the Regional District Trikala (Thessaly ).
The landscape is mostly mountainous Grevenas. Especially in the west of the regional district it is dominated by the mountain range of Pindos Mountains. This region also has the highest elevation of the regional district, which is located in the Vassilitsa Ligos ridge with 2,243 m above sea level. inst From northwest to southeast, first in the central part of the district of the course of the river Aliakmona pervades the area, be run conditionally in the center of the Regional District a lower altitude than in the West; this also contribute to the tributaries of the Aliakmona as the Greveniotis and Venetikos which respectively flow coming from the southwest to the northeast of the prefecture and east and empty into the Aliakmona. To the south, the Grevena prefecture of the Chasia Mountains ( 1,615 m above sea level. Inst ) limited, to the northeast by Vourinos ( 1,865 m above sea level. Above sea level), which marks the border with the Regional District of Kozani. Between the south-eastern foothills of the Vourinos and Kamvounia Mountains ( 1,055 m above sea level. Inst ) pivots in the southeast of the Regional District of Aliakmona its course to the northeast and exit the area and flows into the southern part of the regional district in Kozani. This region is also the lowest spot ddeser Regional District.
History
The area of the regional district Grevena is roughly equivalent to the ancient landscape Elimiotis. With this designation, the landscape has been provided to the middle reaches of the river Aliakmona. Elimea lay southwest of the ancient landscape Eordaia (according to the Regional District of Kozani and the southern parts of the Regional District of Florina ) and southeast of the ancient region of Orestis ( the modern regional district Kastoria ). The landscape was inhabited by the Elimäern. 434 BC King supported Derdas I of Elimiotis Philip, the brother of the Macedonian king Perdiccas II, in his challenge to Perdiccas the throne of the Macedonian kingdom. 358 BC the Kingdom of Elima was conquered by Philip II and incorporated into the Kingdom of Macedon. Elimea remained in Macedonia until its conquest by the Roman Empire 168 BC.
Traffic
The backbone of both the private and commercial private transport and public local and long-distance transport is the road network. The area of the regional district is connected by highway 2 ( Egnatia Odos ) to the Greek motorway network. This connects Igoumenitsa and Ioannina to the west of Kozani, Veria and Thessaloniki in the East.
The National Highway 15 connects with twisty, mountainous route Kozani in the north of Grevena and leads south to Kalambaka to the National Road 6
A railway connection has not Grevena. The next national airports of Kastoria and Kozani are about 50 km north of the city of Grevena and outside the regional district, for Thessaloniki International Airport is about 200 km from Grevena.