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style="padding-top:0.2em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:line; margin-top:2px"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="font-size:115%; height:auto; padding-right:2em;">Pieria within Greece</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nomos_Pierias.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Nomos_Pierias.png/250px-Nomos_Pierias.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Nomos_Pierias.png/375px-Nomos_Pierias.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Nomos_Pierias.png/500px-Nomos_Pierias.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="679"></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pieria_(regional_unit)&params=40_15_N_22_25_E_type:city(119384)_region:GR-B"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°15′N</span> <span class="longitude">22°25′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.250°N 22.417°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.250; 22.417</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_regions_of_Greece" title="Geographic regions of Greece">Geographic region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)" title="Macedonia (Greece)">Macedonia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Greece" title="Regions of Greece">Administrative region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_Macedonia" title="Central Macedonia">Central Macedonia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Katerini" title="Katerini">Katerini</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,516 km<sup>2</sup> (585 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-census21_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census21-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">119,384</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">79/km<sup>2</sup> (200/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Greece" title="Postal codes in Greece">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">60x xx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Greece" title="Telephone numbers in Greece">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">235x0</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Greece" title="Vehicle registration plates of Greece">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">ΚΝ</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pkm.gov.gr/p-e-pierias/">www<wbr></wbr>.pkm<wbr></wbr>.gov<wbr></wbr>.gr<wbr></wbr>/p-e-pierias<wbr></wbr>/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Olympus-p7301174-ok.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Olympus-p7301174-ok.jpg/220px-Olympus-p7301174-ok.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Olympus-p7301174-ok.jpg/330px-Olympus-p7301174-ok.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Olympus-p7301174-ok.jpg/440px-Olympus-p7301174-ok.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736"></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mount_Olympus" title="Mount Olympus">Mount Olympus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Platamonas,_Pieria_prefecture,_Greece.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Platamonas%2C_Pieria_prefecture%2C_Greece.jpg/220px-Platamonas%2C_Pieria_prefecture%2C_Greece.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Platamonas%2C_Pieria_prefecture%2C_Greece.jpg/330px-Platamonas%2C_Pieria_prefecture%2C_Greece.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Platamonas%2C_Pieria_prefecture%2C_Greece.jpg/440px-Platamonas%2C_Pieria_prefecture%2C_Greece.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="402"></a><figcaption>The Venetian <a href="/wiki/Platamon_Castle" title="Platamon Castle">Platamon Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Climate"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Climate</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Administration"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Administration</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Prefecture"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Prefecture</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Transport"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Transport</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Notable_people"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notable people</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Sporting_teams"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Sporting teams</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Pieria_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>The Pieria regional unit is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Imathia" title="Imathia">Imathia</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a> to the west, and to the south and west by the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_regions_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative regions of Greece">region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly's</a> Regional Unit of <a href="/wiki/Larissa_(regional_unit)" title="Larissa (regional unit)">Larissa</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Pierian_Mountains" title="Pierian Mountains">Pierian Mountains</a> lie to the west; the <a href="/wiki/Thermaic_Gulf" title="Thermaic Gulf">Thermaic Gulf</a> lies to the east. It also has a valley by the GR-13. Most of the population live within the Olympian Riviera. The lowest point is the Thermaic Gulf and the highest point is <a href="/wiki/Mount_Olympus_(Mountain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Olympus (Mountain)">Mount Olympus</a>. </p><p>It combines extensive plains, high mountains and sandy beaches. The region's beauty gives it a great potential for further tourist development. </p><p>The main beaches are <a href="/wiki/Paralia_Katerinis" title="Paralia Katerinis">Paralia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olympiaki_Akti" title="Olympiaki Akti">Olympiaki Akti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korinos" title="Korinos">Korinos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neoi_Poroi" title="Neoi Poroi">Neoi Poroi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methoni,_Pieria" title="Methoni, Pieria">Methoni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leptokarya" title="Leptokarya">Leptokarya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Platamon" title="Platamon">Platamonas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skotina" title="Skotina">Skotina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalyvia_Varikou" title="Kalyvia Varikou">Kalyvia Varikou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limenas_Litochorou" title="Limenas Litochorou">Limenas Litochorou</a> (also known as Gritsa). Many of the Pieria's beaches have been awarded the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Flag_beach" title="Blue Flag beach"> Blue Flag</a> certification by the <a href="/wiki/Foundation_for_Environmental_Education" title="Foundation for Environmental Education">Foundation for Environmental Education</a> (FEE). </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Pieria_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Climate" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>Its climate is mainly of Mediterranean type with hot summers and cool winters. Severe winter weather is common in the central and western parts of Pieria, especially in the Pierian Mountains and on Mount Olympus. </p><p>On June 8, 2007, a low pressure weather system from Southern and Central Europe resulted in heavy rainfall that ravaged the prefecture and caused great damage in fruit and vegetable production. The worst hit area was <a href="/wiki/Korinos" title="Korinos">Korinos</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Pieria_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Administration" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>The Regional Unit of Pieria is divided into 3 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):<sup id="cite_ref-officialkalikratis_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialkalikratis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ypes3852law_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ypes3852law-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kallikratis_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kallikratis-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pydna-Kolindros" title="Pydna-Kolindros">Pydna-Kolindros</a> (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katerini" title="Katerini">Katerini</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dion-Olympos" title="Dion-Olympos">Dion-Olympos</a> (2)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefecture">Prefecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Pieria_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prefecture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>As a part of the <a href="/wiki/Kallikratis_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kallikratis Plan">2011 Kallikratis government reform</a>, the Regional Unit of Pieria was created out of the former prefecture Pieria (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Νομός Πιερίας</span>). The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganized, according to the table below.<sup id="cite_ref-officialkalikratis_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialkalikratis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ypes3852law_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ypes3852law-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kallikratis_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kallikratis-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Greece_(2011)" title="List of municipalities of Greece (2011)">New municipality</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Greece_(2011)" title="List of municipalities of Greece (2011)">Old municipalities</a></th> <th>Seat </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Dion-Olympos" title="Dion-Olympos">Dion-Olympos</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dion,_Pieria" title="Dion, Pieria">Dion</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Litochoro" title="Litochoro">Litochoro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Olympos" title="East Olympos">East Olympos</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Litochoro" title="Litochoro">Litochoro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Katerini" title="Katerini">Katerini</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katerini" title="Katerini">Katerini</a></td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Katerini" title="Katerini">Katerini</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Elafina" title="Elafina">Elafina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Korinos" title="Korinos">Korinos</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paralia,_Pieria" class="mw-redirect" title="Paralia, Pieria">Paralia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Petra,_Pieria" title="Petra, Pieria">Petra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pierioi" title="Pierioi">Pierioi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Pydna-Kolindros" title="Pydna-Kolindros">Pydna-Kolindros</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aiginio" title="Aiginio">Aiginio</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Aiginio" title="Aiginio">Aiginio</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kolindros" title="Kolindros">Kolindros</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Methoni,_Pieria" title="Methoni, Pieria">Methoni</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pydna" title="Pydna">Pydna</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Pieria_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">Macedonia (ancient kingdom)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Pieres" title="Pieres">Pieres</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Macedonian_Kingdom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Macedonian_Kingdom.jpg/350px-Macedonian_Kingdom.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="238" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1226" data-file-height="832"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 350px;height: 238px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Macedonian_Kingdom.jpg/350px-Macedonian_Kingdom.jpg" data-width="350" data-height="238" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Macedonian_Kingdom.jpg/525px-Macedonian_Kingdom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Macedonian_Kingdom.jpg/700px-Macedonian_Kingdom.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Map of the Kingdom of Macedon with Pieria located in the southern districts of the kingdom.</figcaption></figure> <p>The region, known as Pieria or Pieris (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Πιερία/Πιερίς</span>) in Antiquity, took its name from the Pieres (<span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Πίερες</span></span>), a Thracian<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> tribe that was expelled<sup id="cite_ref-arceretria04_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arceretria04-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by the <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonians</a> in the 8th century BC<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from their original seats, and driven to the North beyond the <a href="/wiki/Struma_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Struma River">Strymon</a> river and <a href="/wiki/Pangaion_hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Pangaion hills">Mount Pangaeus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-arceretria04_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arceretria04-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where they formed a new settlement in <a href="/wiki/Edonis_(region)" title="Edonis (region)">Edonis</a>. The name Pieria has been connected to Homeric <i><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">πῖαρ</span></span></i> "fat", <i><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">πίειραν ἄρουραν</span></span></i> "fertile land" in a metaphorical sense.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At some time before the <a href="/wiki/Archaic_Greece" title="Archaic Greece">archaic period</a> Pieria was incorporated in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Macedon">Kingdom of Macedon</a> (808 BC, see below) when it became the second province of the ancient kingdom, following its fate through the rule of the <a href="/wiki/Antipatrid_dynasty" title="Antipatrid dynasty">Antipatrid dynasty</a> (302 BC - 277 BC) and the <a href="/wiki/Antigonid_dynasty" title="Antigonid dynasty">Antigonid dynasty</a> (306 BC - 168 BC). It became part of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Macedonian_War" title="Fourth Macedonian War">Fourth Macedonian War</a>, and remained part of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> and its successor, the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>. </p><p>It was later invaded and became a part of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a> in 1821, Pieria took up arms along with the rest of Greece,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> but their struggle failed and Pieria did not join the rest of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> until the <a href="/wiki/Balkan_Wars" title="Balkan Wars">Balkan Wars</a> in 1913. Until 1947, Pieria was part of the <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Thessaloniki Prefecture">Thessaloniki Prefecture</a> (at that time the largest Greek prefecture), as a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Greece" title="Provinces of Greece">province</a>. Pieria saw an economic boom in agriculture and business. During the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919%E2%80%931922)" title="Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)">Greco-Turkish War</a>, it saw an influx of refugees from <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a>, now a part of <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, and several places were named after their former homelands including <a href="/wiki/Nea_Trapezounta,_Pieria" title="Nea Trapezounta, Pieria">Nea Trapezounta</a> from Trebizond (now <a href="/wiki/Trabzon" title="Trabzon">Trabzon</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Nea_Efesos" title="Nea Efesos">Nea Efesos</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ephesus" title="Ephesus">Ephesus</a> (now Efes). The village of <a href="/wiki/Elafos,_Pieria" title="Elafos, Pieria">Elafos</a> in the municipal unit <a href="/wiki/Elafina" title="Elafina">Elafina</a>, formerly a community in the Imathia prefecture, was attached to Pieria in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Pieria_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transport" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 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class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Zorbas" title="George Zorbas">George Zorbas</a> (1865–1941), the man upon whom <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis" title="Nikos Kazantzakis">Nikos Kazantzakis</a> based <a href="/wiki/Alexis_Zorbas" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexis Zorbas">Alexis Zorbas</a> the protagonist of his 1946 novel <a href="/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zorba the Greek (novel)">Zorba the Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aikaterini_Nikolaidou" title="Aikaterini Nikolaidou">Katerina Nikolaidou</a> (1992), <a href="/wiki/Rowing_(sport)" title="Rowing (sport)">rower</a> athlete, 4th place 2016 Olympic Games, silver medal in the lightweight single sculls at the 2013 and 2014 World Rowing Championships</li> <li>Christina Moschi (2002), 10m air pistol shooter, Member of the Hellenic National Shooting Team</li> <li>Maria Tsionoglou (1991), 10m air pistol shooter, Member of the Hellenic National Shooting Team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleni_Chatziliadou" title="Eleni Chatziliadou">Eleni Chatziliadou</a> (1993), <a href="/wiki/Karate" title="Karate">karate</a> athlete, Kumite +68 kg 2018 World Karate Championship</li> <li>Vladimiros Symeonidis (1972), conductor, university professor of music at <a href="/wiki/Aristotle_University_of_Thessaloniki" title="Aristotle University of Thessaloniki">AUTH</a></li> <li>Christos Tsolakis (1935–2012), philologist, author, professor of <a href="/wiki/Aristotle_University_of_Thessaloniki" title="Aristotle University of Thessaloniki">AUTH</a></li> <li>Matthew Josafat (1937–2022), psychiatrist, psychoanalyst</li> <li>Anastasios Gkogkos (1925–1991), hagiographer, painter</li> <li>Athanasios Stathakopoulos (1942), painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodoros_Terzopoulos" title="Theodoros Terzopoulos">Theodoros Terzopoulos</a> (1947), theater director<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_Athanasiadis" title="Basil Athanasiadis">Basil Athanasiadis</a> (1970), musician, composer</li> <li>Giorgos Fourniadis (1937), actor and director</li> <li>Konstantinos Papachronis (1977–2008), actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_Callinicus_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarch Callinicus of Alexandria">Patriarch Callinicus of Alexandria</a> (1800–1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christos_Kakkalos" title="Christos Kakkalos">Christos Kakkalos</a> (1882–1976), climber, mountain guide</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kostas_Zolotas" title="Kostas Zolotas">Kostas Zolotas</a> (1934–2021), climber, mountain guide</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yannis_K._Semertzidis" title="Yannis K. Semertzidis">Yannis K. Semertzidis</a> (1961), physicist</li> <li><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9E%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B8%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Αιμίλιος Ξανθόπουλος">Aimilios Xanthopoulos</a> (1903–1943), politician, mayor of Katerini</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Sporting_teams">Sporting teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Pieria_(regional_unit)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sporting teams" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <ul><li><a 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-05-04</span></span>. <q>On to Pieria he stepped from the upper air, and swooped down upon the sea, and then sped over the wave like a bird, the cormorant, which in quest of fish over the dread gulfs of the unresting sea wets its thick plumage in the brine. In such wise did Hermes ride upon the multitudinous waves.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Homer%2C+Odyssey%2C+Book+5%2C+line+50&rft.pub=Perseus+Digital+Library&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perseus.tufts.edu%2Fhopper%2Ftext%3Fdoc%3Durn%3Acts%3AgreekLit%3Atlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1%3A5.50-5.91&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APieria+%28regional+unit%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGuthrie1993" class="citation book cs1">Guthrie, William Keith (1993). Alderink, Larry J. (ed.). <i>Orpheus and Greek Religion: A Study of the Orphic Movement</i>. 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