Pella | |
Name Local: | Πέλλα |
Type: | municipality |
Periph: | Central Macedonia |
Periphunit: | Pella |
Pop Municipality: | 57039 |
Area Municipality: | 669.2 |
Pop Municunit: | 5661 |
Area Municunit: | 113.8 |
Pop Community: | 2050 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Elevation: | 36 |
Coordinates: | 40.7833°N 46°W |
Postal Code: | 580 05 |
Area Code: | 23820 |
Licence: | ΕΕ |
Caption Skyline: | Statue of Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus and carrying a winged statue of Nike (Alexander the Great Square). |
Mayor: | Efstathios Fountoukidis[1] |
Since: | 2023 |
Pella (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Πέλλα) is a municipality in the Pella regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. The capital of the municipality is Giannitsa, the largest town of the regional unit.[2] On the site of the ancient city of Pella is the Archaeological Museum of Pella.
The municipality Pella was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]
The municipality has an area of 669.220 km2, the municipal unit 113.819 km2.[3] The municipality has a population of 57,093 (2021 census). The capital of the municipality of Pella is Giannitsa (population 30,498 at the 2021 census). Other towns are Krya Vrysi (pop. 4,374), Mylotopos (pop. 1,831), Pella (town) (pop. 2,050), Galatades (pop. 1,628), Karyotissa (pop. 1,605), Aravissos (pop. 1,170) and Ampeleíai (pop. 1,003).