Central Greece (periphery)

Central Greece (periphery)

Infobox Peri GR
name = Continental Greece
name_local = Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας


prefec = Boeotia
Euboea
Evrytania
Phocis
Phthiotis
capital = Lamia
population = 614614
population_as_of = 2005
area = 15549
website = [http://www.stereaellada.gr/ www.stereaellada.gr]

The periphery of Continental Greece ( _el. Στερεά Ελλάδα - "Stereá Elláda") or Central Greece ( _el. Κεντρική Ελλάδα) is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. It is divided into the prefectures of Euboea, Evrytania, Phocis, Phthiotis, and Boeotia.The periphery occupies the eastern half of Central Greece, to the north of Attica and the Peloponnese, to the east of the periphery of West Greece and to the south of Thessaly and Epirus. The region is one of the most mountainous in Greece.

Towns

Biggest towns in each prefecture, according to the census of 2001 (only towns with population more than 1,000 recorded):

References


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