Provinces of Greece

The provinces of Greece (Greek: επαρχία, "eparchy") were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures.

According to the Article 7 of the Code of Prefectural Self-Government (Presidential Decree 30/1996), the provinces constituted a "particular administrative district" within the wider "administrative district" of the prefectures.

The provinces were finally abolished after the 2006 local elections, in line with Law 2539/1997, as part of the wide-ranging administrative reform known as the "Kapodistrias Project", and replaced by enlarged municipalities (demoi).

Members of the Provincial Council were the prefectural councillors of the respective province.

This is a list of the former provinces of Greece and their capitals, sorted by prefecture, as they stood in 1991:[1]