Asprovalta

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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1. What is the location?Thessaloniki regional unit, northern Greece
2. What is the current administrative body?Municipality of Volvi
3. Where is Asprovalta located?Asprovalta is a town in northern Greece, inside the Thessaloniki regional unit, close to the coast.
4. What happened to Asprovalta's local government in 2011?In 2011, the Kallikratis Plan merged many small municipalities, so Asprovalta stopped being the center of its own municipality and became part of the larger Municipality of Volvi.

Regional Unit: A primary administrative division of Greece, succeeding the former prefectures.
Municipality: A local government entity responsible for public services and administration within its defined territory.
Kallikratis Plan: A significant legislative reform in Greece (2010-2011) that restructured the country's administrative divisions and local government.
Seat of a Municipality: The principal town or city designated as the administrative center of a municipality.