Kechros Explained

Kechros
Name Local:	Κέχρος
Type:	municipal unit
Periph:	East Macedonia and Thrace
Periphunit:	Rhodope
Pop Municunit:	1019
Population As Of:	2021
Area Municunit:	140.6
Elevation:	651
Coordinates:	41.2333°N 76°W
Licence:	ΚΟ

Kechros (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κέχρος; Bulgarian: Мерикос|translit=Merikos) is a village and a former community in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Arriana, of which it is a municipal unit.^[1] The municipal unit has an area of 140.617 km².^[2] It has a population of 1,019, as of 2021.

Election Results

Election	Turnout	ND	PASOK	SYRIZA	KKE	Other
Jun 2023	41.11	11.76		50.90	33.12	0.38	3.84
May 2023	49.67	10.02		45.42	41.79	0.53	2.24
2019	49.57	25.63		62.29	9.77	0.95	1.36
Sep 2015	46.79	13.39	4.02	34.19	0.62	47.78
Jan 2015	50.23	6.02	3.52		62.74	0.28	27.44
Jun 2012	50.95	5.59	30.87	26.31	0.43	36.80
May 2012	51.83	10.32		39.86	6.46	2.15	41.21
2009	62.48	34.66		60.38	2.76	1.13	1.07
2007	63.10	44.28		54.01	0.48	0.34	0.89
2004	65.56		50.49	47.66	0.79	0.40	0.66
2000	78.97	33.86		57.02	5.54	0.69	2.89
1996	79.41	22.18		65.84	8.05	0.82	3.11
1993	80.59	17.89	7.14	0.26	0.19	74.52
1990	79.00	8.61	10.35	0.51		80.53
Nov 1989	76.80	23.37	13.65	0.43		62.55
Jun 1989	77.25	19.87		40.92	1.41		37.80
1985	80.72		48.22	20.63	0.31	0.62	30.22
1981	81.87		92.90	5.26	0.09	0.65	1.10
1977	79.60	14.26	2.67	0.59	1.29	81.19
1974	90.27	34.66	0.18	0.09		65.07

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 .