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In Greece, the provinces (Greek: επαρχία) were a sub-division of prefecture. 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 "administrative district" of the prefecture. Not all prefectures are subdivided into provinces. Provinces ceased to consist a form of administrative division after the 16th October 2006 regional elections.

Provinces dispose of two organs:

• A collective one, the Provincial Council.
• An one-member organ, the Eparchos ( Sub-prefect, έπαρχος).

Members of the Provincial Council are the prefectural councillors of the respective province. Sub-prefect becomes the prefectural councillor who took the more votes in the prefectural elections and belongs to the combination governing the prefecture.

Here is a list of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ep + archeia) in Greece:

• Achaea
  • Aigialia Province - Aigio
  • Kalavryta Province - Kalavryta
  • Patras Province - Patras
• Aetolia-Acarnania
  • Messolonghi Province - Messolonghi
  • Nafpaktia Province - Nafpaktos
  • Trichonida Province - Agrinio
  • Valtos Province - Amfilochia
  • Vonitsa and Xirokampi Province - Vonitsa
• Arcadia
  • Gortynia Province - Dimitsana
  • Kynouria Province - Leonidi
  • Mantineia Province - Tripoli
  • Megalopoli Province - Megalopoli
• Argolis
  • Argos Province - Argos
  • Ermioni Province - Kranidi
  • Nafplio Province - Nafplio
• Attica (Traditionally considered a prefecture, but is in fact a hyper-prefecture (υπερνομαρχεία), subdivided further into four prefectures)
  • Athens Prefecture
    • Attica Province - Athens
  • East Attica
  • West Attica
    • Megara Province - Megara
  • Piraeus Prefecture
    • Aegina Province - Aegina
    • Kythira Province - Kythira
    • Salamina Province - Salamis
• Boeotia
  • Thiva Province - Thiva (Thebes)
  • Livadeia Province - Livadeia
• Chalcidice
  • Polygyros Province - Polygyros
  • Arnaia Province - Arnaia
• Chania
  • Apokoronas Province - Vamos
  • Kydonia Province - Chania
  • Kissamos Province - Kissamos
  • Selino Province - Kandanos
  • Sfakia Province - Hora Sfakion
• Cyclades
  • Kea Province - Kea
  • Naxos Province - Naxos
  • Tinos Province- Tinos
• Elis
  • Ilia Province - Pyrgos
  • Olympia Province - Andritsaina
• Euboea
  • Chalkida Province - Chalkida
  • Istiaia Province - Istiaia
  • Karystia Province - Karystos
  • Syros has no province, it is considered a municipality without a province
• Evros
  • Alexandroupoli Province - Alexandroupoli
  • Samothrace or Samothraki is not administered with any province, it is considered a municipality without a province
• Heraklion
  • Heraklion Province - Heraklion
  • Monofatsi - Agion Myronas
  • Pediada
• Imathia
  • Imathia Province - Veria
  • Naoussa Province - Naoussa
• Ioannina
  • Dodoni Province - Ioannina
  • Konitsa Province - Konitsa
  • Metsovo Province - Metsovo
  • Pogonio Province - Delvinaki
• Kavala
  • Kavala - Kavala
  • Thasos is not administered with any province, it is considered a municipality without a province
• Kefalonia
  • Krani Province - Argostoli
  • Paliki Province - Lixouri
  • Ithaca has no province, it is considered a municipality without a province
• Kilkis
  • Kilkis Province-Kilkis
  • Paionia Province-Goumenissa
• Kozani
  • Kozani Province - Kozani
  • Eordaia Province - Ptolemaida
  • Voio Province - Siatista
• Laconia
  • Gytheio Province - Gytheio
  • Epidavros Liminas Province - Molaoi
  • Lacedemonia Province - Sparta
• Larissa
  • Farsala Province - Farsala
• Lasithi:
  • Ieraptera Province - Ieraptera
• Lesbos
  • Lemnos Province - Myrina
  • Mithymna Province - Mithymna
  • Mytilene Province - Mytilene
• Magnesia
  • Almyros Province - Almyros
  • Skopelos Province/Northern Sporades - Skopelos
  • Volos Province - Volos
• Messinia
  • Kalamata Province - Kalamata
  • Messene Province - Messene/Messini
  • Pylia Province - Pylos
  • Trifylli Province - Kyparissia
• Pella
  • Almopia Province - Aridaia
  • Edessa Province - Edessa
  • Giannitsa Province - Giannitsa
• Phocis
  • Dorida Province - Lidoriki
  • Parnassida Province - Amfissa
• Phthiotis
  • Phthiotis Province - Lamia
• Preveza
  • Nikopoli and Parga
  • Preveza (city) is not part of any province
• Rethymno
  • Rethymno Province - Rethymno
• Samos
  • Ikaria Province
  • Samos Province - Samos
• Serres
  • Serres Province - Serres
  • Visaltia Province - Nigrita
• Thessaloniki
  • Thessaloniki Province - Thessaloniki
  • Lagkadas Province - Lagkadas

(partial list)

There are no provinces in the following prefectures:

• Arta
• Chios
• Corinthia
• Evritania
• Florina
• Grevena
• Karditsa
• Kastoria
• Lefkada
• Preveza (formerly)
• Xanthi
• Zante

The provinces in italics indicates it is no longer a province.