Volvi (municipality)

Volvi (Greek: Βόλβη, Vólvi) is a municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Stavros.^[2] The municipality has an area of 783.014 km².^[3] It was named after Lake Volvi.

Volvi Βόλβη
Municipality
Volvi Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°40′N 23°37′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Seat	Stavros
Area
• Municipality	783.01 km2 (302.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	19,755
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Municipality

The municipality Volvi was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

• Agios Georgios
• Apollonia
• Arethousa
• Egnatia
• Madytos
• Rentina