Sporades

For the genus of beetle, see Sporades (beetle).

Regional unit in Greece

Sporades

Περιφερειακή ενότητα
Σποράδων

Regional unit

Municipalities of Sporades

Sporades

Sporades within Greece

Coordinates: 39°7′N 23°43′E﻿ / ﻿39.117°N 23.717°E﻿ / 39.117; 23.717
Country| Greece
Administrative region| Thessaly
Area

• Total

| 275.7 km2 (106.4 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[1]

• Total

| 13,458
• Density| 49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

The (Northern) Sporades[a] are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea,[2] in the Aegean Sea. They consist of 24 islands, four of which are permanently inhabited: Alonnisos, Skiathos, Skopelos and Skyros.[2] They may also be referred to as the Thessalian Sporades (Θεσσαλικές Σποράδες).

## Etymology

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"Sporades" means "those scattered" (compare with "sporadic").[3] From Classical Antiquity the name has referred to the Aegean island groups outside the central archipelago of the Cyclades.

## Geography

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The Sporades within the Aegean Sea Northern Sporades

In modern geographical parlance, there are five different Sporades groups:

* Thessalian Sporades (Θεσσαλικές Σποράδες) or Northern Sporades. Since c. 1960, the term "Sporades" refers mainly to these islands:
* Skopelos
* Alonnisos
* Skiathos
* Skyros
* Kyra Panagia
* Peristera
* Gioura
* Skantzoura
* Piperi
* Tsougria
* Saronic Islands or Western Sporades(Δυτικές Σποράδες): Salamis, Aigina, Poros, Hydra, Spetses, and the other islands of the Saronic Gulf and the Myrtoan Sea.
* Southern Sporades (Νότιες Σποράδες), i.e. the Dodecanese, to which group Samos and Ikaria are sometimes appended.
* Eastern Sporades or Anatolic Sporades (Ανατολικές Σποράδες), i.e. the islands of the eastern and northeastern Aegean, near the coast of Asia Minor: Samos, Ikaria, Lesbos, Chios, Tenedos, Psara, Oinousses and smaller island groups.
* Thracian Sporades (Θρακικές Σποράδες): Thasos, Samothrace, Imbros, Lemnos and Agios Efstratios.

The two latter groups together form the North Aegean islands.

## Administration

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As part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the Sporades Regional Unit (Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Σποράδων) was created out of part of the former Magnesia Prefecture, region of Thessaly. The regional unit is subdivided into 3 municipalities. These are:[4]

* Skiathos (1)
* Skopelos (3)
* Alonnisos (2)

The island of Skyros and a few uninhabited islets in its area are part of the Euboea regional unit and the administrative region of Central Greece.

## See also

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* List of islands of Greece

## Notes

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1. ^ /ˈspɒrədiːz/; Greek: Βόρειες Σποράδες, Vóries Sporádhes [ˈvories spoˈraðes]

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ a b "Skyros - Britannica Concise" (description), Britannica Concise, 2006, webpage: EB-Skyros notes "including Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyros, and Alonnisos."
3. ^ Pomponius Mela, Chorographia, 2.111
4. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.

## Sources

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* "Skyros – Britannica Concise" (description), Britannica Concise, 2006, webpage: EB-Skyros.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sporades.

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Sporades".

* Skiathos Villas (in English)
* Sporades The Official website of the Greek National Tourism Organisation
* Skopelos island Travel Guide since 1999
* Alonnisos island Travel Guide

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Administrative division of the Thessaly Region

Area
14,037 km2 (5,420 sq mi)
Population
732,762 (as of 2011)
Municipalities
25 (since 2011)
Capital
Larissa

Regional unit of Karditsa|

* Argithea
* Karditsa
* Lake Plastiras
* Mouzaki
* Palamas
* Sofades

Regional unit of Larissa|

* Agia
* Elassona
* Farsala
* Kileler
* Larissa
* Tempi
* Tyrnavos

Regional unit of Magnesia|

* Almyros
* Rigas Feraios
* South Pelion
* Volos
* Zagora-Mouresi

Regional unit of the Sporades|

* Alonnisos
* Skiathos
* Skopelos

Regional unit of Trikala|

* Farkadona
* Meteora
* Pyli
* Trikala

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Konstantinos Agorastos (reelected 2014)
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Islands of the Northern Sporades

Main|

* Skiathos
* Skopelos
* Skyros
* Alonnisos

Other|

* Adelfoi Islets
* Agios Georgios
* Argos
* Dasia
* Erinia (Rineia)
* Gioura
* Grammeza
* Kyra Panagia
* Lekhoussa
* Peristera
* Piperi
* Psathoura
* Repi
* Sarakino
* Skandili
* Skantzoura
* Skyropoula
* Tsoungria
* Valaxa

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Saronic|

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* Spetses

Sporades|

* Adelfoi Islets
* Agios Georgios Skopelou
* Alonnisos
* Argos Skiathou
* Dasia
* Erinia
* Gioura
* Grammeza
* Kyra Panagia
* Lekhoussa
* Peristera
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* Repi
* Sarakino
* Skandili
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