Greece Unitary state

Greece is a unitary state in south-eastern Europe. It has a population of 10,757,300 (2017).
The local government landscape is subdivided into municipalities (dimoi) and self-governed regions (peripheria).

Markers

STATE STRUCTURE:

Unitary

CURRENCY:

Euro (EUR)

VOTE

Compulsory

21

SEATS AT THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Ratification of the European Charter
of Local Self-Government in 1989

338

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (IN 2016)
CAPITAL CITY:

Athens
POPULATION:

10 757 300
GEOGRAPHICAL SIZE:

131 957 km2
MEMBER STATE

EU since 1981
Council of Europe since 1949

12

SEATS AT THE COMMITTEE
OF REGIONS

2

LEVELS OF SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS

Evolution

NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES*

* Dates of CEMR publications