Northern Greece

[2] The term Northern Greece may also, according to context, incorporate the region of Epirus.

Voreia Ellada is also one of the four Greek NUTS regions, created for statistical purposes by the European Union.

Coming into effect in January 2015, the Greek NUTS regions were redefined, with Voreia Ellada now encompassing Epirus instead of Thessaly.

In linguistics, Northern Greece refers to the areas where the Northern Greek dialect is traditionally spoken, encompassing in addition to the previous regions Central Greece except for Attica, and the North Aegean, except Chios.

[4] According to 2011 Eurostat data, Voreia Ellada, as defined until 2014, had a total population of 3,590,187 inhabitants.