4-474: Monofatsi was a province of Heraklion Prefecture , Crete , Greece . Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipal units Asterousia and Kofinas , and parts of the municipal units Agia Varvara , Arkalochori and Nikos Kazantzakis . It was abolished in 2006. This article about government in Greece is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Crete location article
8-409: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Provinces of Greece The provinces of Greece ( Greek : επαρχία , " eparchy ") were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures . From 1887, the provinces were abolished as actual administrative units, but were retained for some state services, especially financial and educational services, as well as for electoral purposes. Before
12-507: 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 ). Provincial administration consisted of two parts: a collective Provincial Council and an eparch ( Greek : έπαρχος ). Members of the Provincial Council were the prefectural councillors of the respective province. The eparch or sub-prefect
16-653: The Second World War , there were 139 provinces, and after the war, with the addition of the Dodecanese Islands , their number grew to 147. 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
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