Nea Karvali

This article is about the village in the Kavala regional unit. For other uses, see Ossa.

Nea Karvali (Greek: Νέα Καρβάλη) is a village and a community of the Kavala municipality.^[2]

Nea Karvali Νέα Καρβάλη
Community
Nea Karvali
Coordinates: 40°57.6′N 24°30.6′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Kavala
Municipality	Kavala
Municipal unit	Kavala
Area
• Community	46.297 km2 (17.875 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	2,003
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	640 06
Area code(s)	+30-251
Vehicle registration	KB

Most of the inhabitants are descendants of Cappadocian Greeks who arrived from Karvali (today Güzelyurt, Turkey) following the Greek-Turkish population exchange in 1924.

Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Kavala, of which it was a municipal district.^[2] The 2021 census recorded 2,003 inhabitants in the community.^[1] The community of Nea Karvali covers an area of 46.297 km².^[3]

Administrative division

The community of Nea Karvali consists of three separate settlements:^[1]

• Ano Lefki (population 21)
• Lefki (population 57)
• Nea Karvali (population 1,925)

The aforementioned population figures are as of 2021.^[1]

See also

• List of settlements in the Kavala regional unit