Iasmos Municipality

Iasmos () is a municipality of the Rhodope regional unit, located in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Its administrative seat is the municipal unit (town) of Iasmos. , it had a population of 12,247 people, with significant Sarakatsani and Muslim minority communities.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Iasmos Municipality is referenced by 43 other articles, and connects out to Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region, Greece and Bulgaria.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Iasmos, Municipalities of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace and Populated places in Rhodope (regional unit).

Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Greek place.name: Iasmos
Greek place.name_local: Ίασμος
Greek place.type: municipality
Greek place.image_map: 2011 Dimos Iasmou.svg
Greek place.periph: East Macedonia and Thrace
Greek place.periphunit: Rhodope
Greek place.pop_municipality: 12247
Greek place.area_municipality: 485.3
Greek place.pop_municunit: 4974
Greek place.area_municunit: 221.8
Greek place.pop_community: 3892
Greek place.population_as_of: 2021
Greek place.elevation: 43
Greek place.licence: ΚΟ
Greek place.image_skyline: 20101027 Iasmos Top View Panoramic Rhodope Prefecture Thrace Greece.jpg

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of Greece
Named after: Iasmos
Country: Greece
Located in: Rhodope Regional Unit
Capital: Iasmos
Population: 15562
Area: 486.5
Elevation: 43
Shares border with: Myki Municipality
Headquarters: Iasmos
Official website: iasmos.gr
Image: 20101027 Iasmos Top View Panoramic Rhodope Prefecture Thrace Greece.jpg

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Commons category: Iasmos
topic's main category: Category:Iasmos Municipality
office held by head of government: mayor

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Demographics
Economy
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== Geography == The municipality has an area of , while the municipal unit covers . The area of the municipality before the 2011 local government reforms was 200,403 stremmas (), with roughly three-fifths classified as mountainous or semi-mountainous and the remaining two-fifths as lowland plains. The municipality can thus be split into two geographical zones: a lowland area of fertile plains in the south, which extends along the southern foothills of the Rhodope Mountains, and a forested mountainous region in the southern and southwestern parts of the municipality. Feral horses and goats can be found in the mountainous areas.

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