Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian

Decentralized Administration
of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian

Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Πελοποννήσου, Δυτικής Ελλάδας και Ιονίου
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)
Jurisdiction	Government of Greece
Headquarters	Patras, Western Greece
Agency executive	Dionysios Panagiotopoulos, Acting Secretary-General
Website	www.apd-depin.gov.gr
Map
Location of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian in Greece
Area served
Supervised regions	Peloponnese, Western Greece, Ionian Islands
Regional units	13
Municipalities	52
Area	28,847 km2 (11,138 sq mi)
Population	1,465,554 (as of 2011)

The Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian (Greek: Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Πελοποννήσου, Δυτικής Ελλάδας και Ιονίου) is one of the seven decentralized administrations of Greece, consisting of the regions of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands. Its seat is in Patras, Western Greece, and it is currently headed by Acting Secretary-General Dionysios Panagiotopoulos.

Decentralized Administrations were created in January 2011 as part of a far-reaching reform of the country's administrative structure, the Kallikratis reform (Law 3852/2010).

They enjoy both administrative and financial autonomy and exercise devolved state powers in urban planning, environmental and energy policy, forestry, migration and citizenship. Beyond that, they are tasked with supervising the first and second-level self-governing bodies: the municipalities and regions, in this case the 52 municipalities of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, and the three regions themselves.

Covering an area of 28,847 km² (11,138 sq mi) with an overall population of 1,465,554Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian is the third largest of the seven decentralized administrations both in area and population, and it is the only one that covers three Regions.