Raches | |
Name Local: | Ράχες |
Type: | municipal unit |
Periph: | North Aegean |
Periphunit: | Ikaria |
Municipality: | Ikaria |
Pop Municunit: | 2282 |
Pop Community: | 1194 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Area Municunit: | 101.8 |
Coordinates: | 37.6°N 31°W |
Area Code: | 22750 |
Licence: | ΜΟ |
Raches (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ράχες) is a village and a former municipality on the island of Ikaria, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ikaria, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] With a population of 2,282 inhabitants (2021 census) and a land area of 101.768 km2,[2] it is the largest in area, smallest in population, and therefore the least densely populated of the three municipal units on Icaria. The other two municipal units are Agios Kirykos and Evdilos.