Geographical location – Area – Population

The new enlarged Municipality of Florina formed by the merging of the former neighbouring municipalities of a) the Municipality of Perasma, b) the Municipality of Meliti and c) the Municipality of Kleines. It has its city seat in the city of Florina, with a total population of 29,500 inhabitants and an area of 827.62 square kilometres, according to the 2021 YPES census. The city of Florina is the capital of the homonymous prefecture and is part of the Region of Western Macedonia. Florina is 159 km from Thessaloniki, 571 km from Athens and is the northwestern border of Greece. It is bordered by three prefectures of Kozani, Pella and Kastoria and two states of Albania and North Macedonia, and is an economic centre and commercial crossroad of the wider region. Florina is located at an altitude of 650 m and morphologically presents a rich variety of landscapes, as it has a mountainous, semi-mountainous and lowland character. It is surrounded by large mountain ranges, Voras (Kaimaktsalan) 2 524 m, Varnountas (Peristeri) 2 334 m and Vernon (Vitsi) 2 128 m.