Nestos (municipality)

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Nestos (Greek: Νέστος) is a municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Chrysoupoli.[2] The municipality has an area of 678.831 km2.[3] It was named after the river Nestos.

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Nestos
Νέστος
Location of Nestos
Nestos is located in Greece
Nestos
Nestos
Location within Greece
Coordinates: 40°59′N 24°42′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitKavala
SeatChrysoupoli
Area
  Municipality
678.8 km2 (262.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
  Municipality
20,311
  Density29.92/km2 (77.50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
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Municipality

The municipality Nestos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

Province

The province of Nestos (Greek: Επαρχία Νέστου) was one of the provinces of the Kavala Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.[4] It was abolished in 2006.

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