Dorida Explained

Dorida
Name Local:	Δωρίδα
Type:	municipality
Periph:	Central Greece
Periphunit:	Phocis
Pop Municipality:	12304
Area Municipality:	998.9
Population As Of:	2021
Coordinates:	38.5333°N 34°W

Dorida (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Δωρίδα) is a municipality in the Phocis regional unit, Central Greece, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Lidoriki.^[1] The municipality has an area of 998.893 km².^[2]

Municipality

The municipality Dorida was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[1]

• Efpalio
• Lidoriki
• Tolofon
• Vardousia

Province

The province of Dorida (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Επαρχία Δωρίδας) was one of the provinces of Phocis. It had the same territory as the present municipality.^[3] It was abolished in 2006.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text. el. Government Gazette.
2. 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 .
3. Web site: Detailed census results 1991 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183824/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf . 2016-03-03 .