Kavala Prefecture

Former prefecture in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Kavala Prefecture Νομός Καβάλας
Former prefecture
Location of Kavala Prefecture in Greece
Country	Greece
Periphery	East Macedonia and Thrace
Established	1915
Disestablished	2011
Capital	Kavala
• Rank	List of the prefectures of Greece by area
• Rank	List of the prefectures of Greece by population

Kavala Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Καβάλας) was one of the prefectures of Greece. Its capital was Kavala. It was established in 1915, soon after its territory was incorporated into Greece in the Balkan Wars. The prefecture was disbanded on 1 January 2011 by the Kallikratis programme, and split into the regional units of Kavala and Thasos.

Prefectures of Greece

By name	Achaea and Elis Achaea Adrianople^a Aetolia-Acarnania Arcadia Argolis and Corinthia Argolis Argyrokastron^b Arta Attica and Boeotia Attica^c Boeotia Cephalonia Chalkidiki Chania Chios Corfu Corinthia Cyclades Dodecanese Drama^d Elis Euboea Evros^d Evrytania Florina Grevena Heraklion Imathia Ioannina Kallipolis^a Karditsa Kastoria Kavala^d Kilkis Korytsa^b Kozani Lacedaemon Laconia Lakoniki Larissa Lasithi Lefkada Lesbos Magnesia Messenia Pella Phocis and Locris Phocis Phthiotis and Phocis Phthiotis Pieria Piraeus Preveza Rethymno Rhaedestos^a Rhodope^d Samos Saranta Ekklisies^a Serres Sfakia Thesprotia Thessaloniki Trikala Trifylia Xanthi^d Zakynthos

By name

Achaea and Elis
Achaea
Adrianople^a
Aetolia-Acarnania
Arcadia
Argolis and Corinthia
Argolis
Argyrokastron^b
Arta
Attica and Boeotia
Attica^c
Boeotia
Cephalonia
Chalkidiki
Chania
Chios
Corfu
Corinthia
Cyclades
Dodecanese
Drama^d
Elis
Euboea
Evros^d
Evrytania
Florina
Grevena
Heraklion
Imathia
Ioannina
Kallipolis^a
Karditsa
Kastoria
Kavala^d
Kilkis
Korytsa^b
Kozani
Lacedaemon
Laconia
Lakoniki
Larissa
Lasithi
Lefkada
Lesbos
Magnesia
Messenia
Pella
Phocis and Locris
Phocis
Phthiotis and Phocis
Phthiotis
Pieria
Piraeus
Preveza
Rethymno
Rhaedestos^a
Rhodope^d
Samos
Saranta Ekklisies^a
Serres
Sfakia
Thesprotia
Thessaloniki
Trikala
Trifylia
Xanthi^d
Zakynthos

By year established

1800s

1833: Achaea and Elis; Aetolia-Acarnania; Arcadia; Argolis and Corinthia; Attica and Boeotia; Cyclades; Euboea; Laconia; Messenia; Phocis and Locris
1845: Phthiotis and Phocis
1864: Corfu; Kefallinia; Lefkada; Zakynthos
1882: Arta; Larissa; Trikala
1899: Achaea; Argolis; Attica^c; Boeotia; Corinthia; Elis; Evrytania; Karditsa; Lacedaemon; Lakoniki; Magnesia; Phocis; Phthiotis; Trifylia

1900s

1912: Chania; Heraklion; Lasithi; Rethymno; Sfakia
1914: Thessaloniki
1915: Argyrokastron^b; Chalkidiki; Chios; Drama^d; Florina; Ioannina; Kavala^d; Korytsa^b; Kozani; Lesbos; Preveza; Samos; Serres
1920: Adrianople^a; Evros^d; Kallipolis^a; Rhaedestos^a; Rhodope^d; Saranta Ekklisies^a
1930–1944: Pella; Kilkis; Thesprotia; Kastoria; Xanthi^d
1947: Dodecanese; Imathia; Pieria
1964: Grevena; Piraeus

^a In Eastern Thrace or ^b Northern Epirus, outside present-day Greece.
^c From 1971, Attica consisted of four prefecture-level units: Athens, East Attica, Piraeus and West Attica. From 1994, Athens and Piraeus were grouped into a single super-prefecture.
^d From 1994, Drama / Kavala / Xanthi and Evros / Rhodope prefectures were grouped into super-prefectures.