Administration
The West Macedonia region was established in the 1987 administrative reform, comprising the prefectures of Kastoria, Grevena, Kozani and Florina.
With the 2010 Kallikratis Programme (Act 3852/2010), its powers and authority were redefined and extended. The region is based at Kozani and is divided into four regional units (the pre-Kallikratis prefectures), which are further subdivided into 12 municipalities (down from 61 pre-Kalikratis local administrative units). Along with Epirus it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of Epirus and West Macedonia based at Ioannina.
| Municipality | Population | Seat | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kozani | 68.680 | Kozani | ||
| 2. | Eordaia | 46.540 | Ptolemaida | ||
| 3. | Voio | 22.447 | Siatista | ||
| 4. | Servia-Velventos | 17.657 | Servia | ||
| 5. | Deskati | 7.383 | Deskati | ||
| 6. | Grevena | 30.564 | Grevena | ||
| 7. | Nestorio | 3.542 | Nestorio | ||
| 8. | Orestida | 13.375 | Argos Orestiko | ||
| 9. | Kastoria | 36.566 | Kastoria | ||
| 10. | Prespes | 2.511 | Laimos | ||
| 11. | Florina | 33.282 | Florina | ||
| 12. | Amyntaio | 18.975 | Amyntaio | ||
| Source: Resolution 45892, Ministry of Interior (in Greek) | |||||
The region's governor is, since 1 January 2011, Konstantinos Dakis, who was elected in the November 2010 local administration elections for the New Democracy party.
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