Rigas Feraios (municipality)

Rigas Feraios (Greek: Ρήγας Φεραίος, romanized: Rígas Feréos, [ˈri.gas feˈre.os]) is a municipality in the Magnesia regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Velestino.[2] The municipality has an area of 551 km2 (213 sq mi).[3] The municipality was named after the Greek writer and revolutionary Rigas Feraios, whose hometown was Velestino.

Rigas Feraios

Ρήγας Φεραίος
Rigas Fereos municipality map
Rigas Feraios
Location within the region
Coordinates: 39°22′N 22°44′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitMagnesia
Area
 • Municipality550.6 km2 (212.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipality
10,922
 • Municipality density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Municipality

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

gollark: I only hunt at the :x0 and :x5 things anyway.
gollark: Why does that last part matter much?
gollark: I think fish said something about 3am-10am?
gollark: It would be interesting to get a better view of what's in them *without* writing down it by hand every 5 minutes, but would be somewhat cheaty/TJ09-annoying.
gollark: _considers automatically checking biomes periodically_

References
  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.


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