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Prespes Δήμος Πρεσπών | |
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 Prespes municipality map | |
  Prespes Location within the region  | |
| Coordinates:40°45′N21°8′E / 40.750°N 21.133°E /40.750; 21.133 | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 515.5 km2 (199.0 sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 413.5 km2 (159.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Municipality | 1,211 |
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (6.1/sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 1,066 |
| • Municipal unit density | 2.6/km2 (6.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 530 77 |
| Website | http://www.prespes.gr/ |
Prespes (Greek:Πρέσπες) is a municipality in theFlorina regional unit,Western Macedonia,Greece. Its population in 2021 was 1,211. The seat of the municipality is inLaimos.[2] It was named afterLake Prespa, in the western part of the municipality.
The municipality was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities ofKrystallopigi and Prespes, that became municipal units.[2]
The municipality has an area of 515.497 km2, the municipal unit 413.513 km2.[3] According to the 2011 Greek census, Prespes was the least densely populated municipality in the country, with an average of 3.05 residents per square kilometre, and also the smallest municipality, by population size, of the Florina regional unit.[4]
Administrative division of theWestern Macedonia Region | ||
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| Regional unit ofFlorina |  | |
| Regional unit ofGrevena | ||
| Regional unit ofKastoria | ||
| Regional unit ofKozani | ||
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