Arriana Explained

Arriana
Name Local:	Αρριανά
Type:	municipality
Periph:	Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Periphunit:	Rhodope
Pop Municipality:	14905
Area Municipality:	771.2
Pop Municunit:	5288
Area Municunit:	178.4
Pop Community:	1112
Population As Of:	2021
Coordinates:	41.0833°N 67°W
Licence:	ΚΟ
Website:	http://www.arriana.gr
Caption Skyline:	Arriana municipality map.
Mayor:	Erdem Chousein^[1]
Since:	2023

Arriana (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αρριανά) is a municipality in the Rhodope regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Fillyra.^[2]

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:^[2]

• Arriana
• Fillyra
• Kechros
• Organi

The municipality has an area of 771.175 km², the municipal unit 178.391 km².^[3]

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
May 2023	61.55	6.83	41.18		46.15	1.75	4.09
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
Jan 2015	69.18	3.48	0.51		65.93	0.10	29.98
Jun 2012	68.55	3.59	32.95	20.05	0.46	42.95
May 2012	70.94	6.89	36.73	8.92	2.28	45.18
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	1.84	1.40
1996	71.14	24.65		56.33	13.64	2.07	3.31
1993	74.09	16.92	10.92	0.44	0.50	71.22
1990	78.55	22.69	14.02	2.94		60.35
Nov 1989	80.05	27.22	15.92	3.14		53.72
Jun 1989	76.95	14.76	14.83	1.95		68.46
1985	77.64		40.82	18.59	0.18	1.51	38.90
1981	79.93		50.73	45.81	0.33	1.88	1.25
1977	79.05	30.60	7.32	0.31	1.09	60.68
1974	79.97	26.06	2.40	2.34		69.20

Notable people

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

Notes and References

1. https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/d/home/en/municipalities/9019/ Municipality of Arriana, Municipal elections – October 2023
2. Web site: ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text. el. Government Gazette.
3. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .