Meteora (municipality)

For the geological formation and monastery complex, see Meteora.

Meteora (Greek: Μετέωρα, romanized: Metéora, before 2018: Kalampaka)^[2] is a municipality in the regional unit of Trikala in the Thessaly region in Greece. Its seat is the town Kalabaka.^[2]

Meteora Μετέωρα
Municipality
Meteora Location within the region
Coordinates: 39°42′N 21°38′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Trikala
Seat	Kalabaka
Area
• Municipality	1,658 km2 (640 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	19,274
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	https://www.dimosmeteoron.com/index.php/dimos

The municipality Meteora was formed as the municipality Kalampaka at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 8 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[3]

• Aspropotamos
• Chasia
• Kalabaka
• Kastania
• Kleino
• Malakasi
• Tymfaia
• Vasiliki

In 2018 it was renamed to "Municipality of Meteora". The municipality has an area of 1,658.280 km².^[4]