Nea Efesos (Greek: Νέα Έφεσος) is a rural settlement of the former Municipality of Dio, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. Nea Efesos has 1,328 inhabitants as of 2021.[1] In 2007 a weather station was installed in the area.
Nea Efesos
Νέα Έφεσος | |
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 View of Nea Efessos | |
  Nea Efesos | |
| Coordinates: 40°13′39″N 22°30′00″E / 40.22750°N 22.50000°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Pieria |
| Municipality | Dio-Olympos |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 1,328 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 601 00 |
| Area code(s) | 23510 |
| Vehicle registration | KN |
Name
editThe settlement was recently renamed Νέα Έφεσος (New Ephesus), because of the settlement of Greeks from the region of ancient Ephesus as a result of the 1923 Greek-Turkish population exchange.
References
edit- ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.