List of twin towns and sister cities in Greece
This is a list of places in Greece having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links. In Greek, the word αδελφοποίηση / adelfopiisi (fraternisation) has been adopted.
A
Geroskipou, Cyprus Saint-Brieuc, France
Alba Iulia, Romania Capaccio Paestum, Italy Kalavryta, Greece Kyrenia, Cyprus
Burgas, Bulgaria[3] Lakatamia, Cyprus[4] Simferopol, Ukraine[5] Sosnovy Bor, Russia[6] Vyborg (Saint Petersburg), Russia[7]
Barcelona, Spain[8] Beijing, China[9] Bethlehem, Palestine[10] Bucharest, Romania[11] Buenos Aires, Argentina[12] Chicago, United States[13] Cusco, Peru[14] Famagusta, Cyprus[15] Kiev, Ukraine[16] Ljubljana, Slovenia[17] Los Angeles, United States[18] Montreal, Canada[19] Nicosia, Cyprus[20] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[21] Seoul, South Korea[22] Washington, D.C., United States[23]
C
Asha, Cyprus Bar, Montenegro Bari, Italy Belgrade, Serbia Bethlehem, United States Brindisi, Italy Carovigno, Italy Famagusta, Cyprus Ioannina, Greece Koper, Slovenia Kruševac, Serbia Meissen, Germany Mytilene, Greece Paphos, Cyprus Sarandë, Albania Tremetousia, Cyprus Troisdorf, Germany Vathy, Greece
H
Heraklion[34][35][36][37][38][39]
Constanța, Romania Čukarica (Belgrade), Serbia Limassol, Cyprus Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Tampa, United States Toledo, Spain
K
Ferrara, Italy Gelendzhik, Russia Prague 5 (Prague), Czech Republic Sartrouville, France
Aranđelovac, Serbia Durham, United States Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina Nuremberg, Germany Tarancón, Spain
Prešov, Slovakia
Kolindros is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, alongside with:[53]
Bienvenida, Spain Bièvre, Belgium Bucine, Italy Cashel, Ireland Cissé, France Desborough, England, United Kingdom Esch (Haaren), Netherlands Hepstedt, Germany Ibănești, Romania Kandava, Latvia Kannus, Finland Lassee, Austria Medzev, Slovakia Moravče, Slovenia Næstved, Denmark Nagycenk, Hungary Nadur, Malta Ockelbo, Sweden Pano Lefkara, Cyprus Põlva, Estonia Samuel (Soure), Portugal Slivo Pole, Bulgaria Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic Strzyżów, Poland Tisno, Croatia Troisvierges, Luxembourg Žagarė (Joniškis), Lithuania
L
Anapa, Russia Bălți, Moldova Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina Knoxville, United States Kos, Greece Larnaca, Cyprus Rybnik, Poland Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Emmaboda, Sweden Leucate, France Nahariya, Israel Paralimni, Cyprus Ploiești, Romania Prymorsky District (Odessa), Ukraine Shinjuku (Tokyo), Japan
M
Aradippou, Cyprus Mollaj (Korcë), Albania
N
Asenovgrad, Bulgaria Faches-Thumesnil, France Missolonghi, Greece Paros, Greece Podgorica, Montenegro Zgorzelec, Poland
Pomorie, Bulgaria
Alanya, Turkey Lefkoniko, Cyprus Martina Franca, Italy
P
Auderghem, Belgium Glastonbury, England, United Kingdom Grottaferrata, Italy
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bari, Italy Byblos, Lebanon Bydgoszcz, Poland Debrecen, Hungary Famagusta, Cyprus Gjirokastër, Albania Limassol, Cyprus Reggio Calabria, Italy Saint-Étienne, France Santa Barbara, United States Savannah, United States Wuxi, China
Preveza is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union.[67] Preveza also has other twin towns.[68][31]
Douzelage
Agros, Cyprus Altea, Spain Asikkala, Finland Bad Kötzting, Germany Bellagio, Italy Bundoran, Ireland Chojna, Poland Granville, France Holstebro, Denmark Houffalize, Belgium Judenburg, Austria Kőszeg, Hungary Marsaskala, Malta Meerssen, Netherlands Niederanven, Luxembourg Oxelösund, Sweden Rokiškis, Lithuania Rovinj, Croatia Sesimbra, Portugal Sherborne, England, United Kingdom Sigulda, Latvia Siret, Romania Škofja Loka, Slovenia Sušice, Czech Republic Tryavna, Bulgaria Türi, Estonia Zvolen, Slovakia
Other
Mytilene, Greece Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
R
S
Famagusta, Cyprus
Megara, Greece Metaponto (Bernalda), Italy
Fosses, France Petrich, Bulgaria Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Formentera, Spain Newport, United States
Atarfe, Spain
Bailén, Spain
Locorotondo, Italy
T
Alexandria, Egypt Bologna, Italy Bratislava, Slovakia Busan, South Korea Cologne, Germany Constanţa, Romania Durrës, Albania Hartford, United States Kolkata, India Korçë, Albania Leipzig, Germany Limassol, Cyprus Melbourne, Australia Nice, France Plovdiv, Bulgaria San Francisco, United States Tel Aviv, Israel
Bansko, Bulgaria Maasmechelen, Belgium Mesa Geitonia, Cyprus San Giorgio Ionico, Italy
Amberg, Germany Antiparos, Greece Banan (Chongqing), China Castrop-Rauxel, Germany Dropull, Albania Pyatigorsk, Russia Talence, France Tucson, United States Vranje, Serbia
Arcadia, United States Missolonghi, Greece Paralimni, Cyprus Peine, Germany
V
Antofagasta, Chile Batumi, Georgia Le Mans, France Pleven, Bulgaria Rostov-on-Don, Russia Smederevo, Serbia
X
Beşiktaş, Turkey Biga, Turkey Gifhorn, Germany New Belgrade (Belgrade), Serbia Smolyan, Bulgaria
Z
Kiryat Bialik, Israel[81] Limassol, Cyprus[36] Pavia, Italy[82] Serravalle, San Marino[83] Yevpatoria, Ukraine[84]
Nardò, Italy
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