Arriana

Arriana (Greek: Αρριανά) is a municipality in the Rhodope regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Fillyra.^[3]

Arriana Αρριανά
Municipality
Arriana municipality map.
Arriana Location within the region
Coordinates: 41°05′N 25°42′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Rhodope
Government
• Mayor	Erdem Chousein[1] (since 2023)
Area
• Municipality	771.2 km2 (297.8 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	178.4 km2 (68.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	14,905
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	5,288
• Municipal unit density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
• Community	1,112
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΚΟ
Website	http://www.arriana.gr

Municipality

The municipality Arriana was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[3]

• Arriana
• Fillyra
• Kechros
• Organi

The municipality has an area of 771.175 km², the municipal unit 178.391 km².^[4]

Election Results

These results include only the municipal unit of Arriana, not the whole municipality.

Election	Turnout	ND	PASOK	SYRIZA	KKE	Other
Jun 2023	56.80	8.09	39.09	48.62	1.70	2.50[lower-alpha 1]
May 2023	61.55	6.83	41.18	46.15	1.75	4.09[lower-alpha 2]
2019	61.55	23.34	51.04	20.42	3.47	1.73
Sep 2015	63.59	7.14	1.30	35.09	0.53	55.94[lower-alpha 3]
Jan 2015	69.18	3.48	0.51	65.93	0.10	29.98[lower-alpha 4]
Jun 2012	68.55	3.59	32.95	20.05	0.46	42.95[lower-alpha 5]
May 2012	70.94	6.89	36.73	8.92	2.28	45.18[lower-alpha 6]
2009	76.19	38.49	54.98	5.47	0.21	0.85
2007	76.68	58.82	39.99	0.48	0.23	0.48
2004	80.54	47.73	45.74	5.82	0.25	0.46
2000	76.05	25.82	53.84	17.10[lower-alpha 7]	1.84	1.40
1996	71.14	24.65	56.33	13.64[lower-alpha 7]	2.07	3.31[lower-alpha 8]
1993	74.09	16.92	10.92	0.44[lower-alpha 7]	0.50	71.22[lower-alpha 9]
1990	78.55	22.69	14.02	2.94[lower-alpha 7]		60.35[lower-alpha 10]
Nov 1989	80.05	27.22	15.92	3.14[lower-alpha 7]		53.72[lower-alpha 11]
Jun 1989	76.95	14.76	14.83	1.95[lower-alpha 7]		68.46[lower-alpha 12]
1985	77.64	40.82	18.59	0.18[lower-alpha 13]	1.51	38.90[lower-alpha 14]
1981	79.93	50.73	45.81	0.33[lower-alpha 13]	1.88	1.25
1977	79.05	30.60	7.32	0.31[lower-alpha 15]	1.09	60.68[lower-alpha 16]
1974	79.97	26.06	2.40	2.34[lower-alpha 17]		69.20[lower-alpha 18]

Notable people

• Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (b. 1955), Turkish doctor and politician

References

1. Municipality of Arriana, Municipal elections – October 2023, Ministry of Interior
2. "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.
3. "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
4. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.

Notes

1.   Μ25 1.10
     Other 1.40
2.   Μ25 2.79
     Other 1.30
3.   Potami 53.31
     LAE 1.33
     Other 1.30
4.   Potami 26.66
     KIDISO 2.61
     Other 0.71
5.   DIMAR 41.76
     Other 1.19
6.   DISY 42.80
     Other 2.38
7. as Syn
8.   DIKKI 1.43
     Other 1.88
9.   KIEF 69.13
     POLAN 1.31
     Other 0.78
10.   KIEF 58.41
      Other 1.94
11.   KIEF 52.56
      Other 1.16
12.   KIEF 66.44
      Other 2.02
13. as KKE-Es
14.   KIEF 37.49
      Other 1.41
15. as Symmachia
16.   EDIK 32.43
      EP 28.25
17. as EA
18.   EK–ND 43.66
      EDE 25.54