Rigas Feraios (municipality)

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Rigas Feraios
Ρήγας Φεραίος
Rigas Fereos municipality map
Rigas Fereos municipality map
Rigas Feraios is located in Greece
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios
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Location within the region
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Country Greece
Administrative region Thessaly
Regional unit Magnesia
Area
 • Municipality 549.8 km2 (212.3 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Municipality 10,922
 • Municipality density 20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Community
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Rigas Feraios (Greek: Ρήγας Φεραίος) is a municipality in the Magnesia regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Velestino.[2] The municipality was named after the Greek writer and revolutionary Rigas Feraios, whose hometown Velestino is.

Municipality

The municipality Rigas Feraios was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)

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