ISO 3166-2:GR

ISO 3166-2:GR is the entry for Greece in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Greece, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:

• 13 administrative regions
• 1 self-governed part

The departments (also called prefectures) were abolished in 2011, and were replaced approximately by regional units. The regional units were deleted from the entry in 2016.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is GR, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Greece. The second part is either of the following:

• one letter (A–M): administrative regions
• two digits: self-governed part

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Administrative regions

Code	Subdivision name (el) (ELOT 743:1982 = ISO 843:1997 = UN V/19 1987)	Subdivision name (en) [note 1]	Subdivision name (el) [note 2]
GR-A	Anatolikí Makedonía kai Thráki	Eastern Macedonia and Thrace	Ανατολική Μακεδονία και Θράκη
GR-I	Attikí	Attica	Αττική
GR-G	Dytikí Elláda	Western Greece	Δυτική Ελλάδα
GR-C	Dytikí Makedonía	Western Macedonia	Δυτική Μακεδονία
GR-F	Ionía Nísia	Ionian Islands	Ιόνια Νησιά
GR-D	Ípeiros	Epirus	Ήπειρος
GR-B	Kentrikí Makedonía	Central Macedonia	Κεντρική Μακεδονία
GR-M	Kríti	Crete	Κρήτη
GR-L	Nótio Aigaío	Southern Aegean	Νότιο Αιγαίο
GR-J	Pelopónnisos	Peloponnese	Πελοπόννησος
GR-H	Stereá Elláda	Central Greece	Στερεά Ελλάδα
GR-E	Thessalía	Thessaly	Θεσσαλία
GR-K	Vóreio Aigaío	Northern Aegean	Βόρειο Αιγαίο

Notes

1. For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
2. For reference only, Greek name in Greek alphabet not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Self-governed part

Code	Subdivision name
GR-69	Ágion Óros

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:

Newsletter	Date issued	Description of change in newsletter	Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter II-1	2010-02-03 (corrected 2010-02-19)	Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, reallocation of 3166-2 alpha-2 codes to avoid duplication, addition of names in administrative languages	Codes: format changed (see below)

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Effective date of change	Short description of change (en)
2019-11-22	Grammar corrrection of GR-J, GR-K, GR-L
2018-11-26	Correction of the romanization system label
2016-11-15	Change of spelling of GR-M; deletion of subdivision category department; deletion of departments GR-01, GR-11, GR-12, GR-31, GR-A1, GR-64, GR-94, GR-85, GR-81, GR-52,GR-71, GR-05, GR-04, GR-63, GR-07, GR-06, GR-51, GR-14, GR-53, GR-33, GR-91, GR-41, GR-56, GR-55, GR-23, GR-22, GR-57, GR-15, GR-58, GR-82, GR-16, GR-42, GR-92, GR-24, GR-83, GR-43, GR-07, GR-59, GR-61, GR-34, GR-93, GR-73, GR-84, GR-62, GR-32, GR-54, GR-44, GR-03, GR-72, GR-21; update list source
2015-11-27	Change of the local short name
2014-10-30	Correct spelling of GR-01, GR-81, GR-23, GR-93, GR-69; correct diacritic marks; update List Source
2010-02-19	Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, reallocation of 3166-2 alpha-2 codes to avoid duplication, addition of names in administrative languages
2020-03-02	Typographical correction of subdivision name of GR-J

Codes changed in Newsletter II-1

Before	After	Subdivision name
GR-I	GR-A	Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki
GR-IX	GR-I	Attiki
GR-VII	GR-G	Dytiki Ellada
GR-III	GR-C	Dytiki Makedonia
GR-VI	GR-F	Ionia Nisia
GR-IV	GR-D	Ipeiros
GR-II	GR-B	Kentriki Makedonia
GR-XIII	GR-M	Kriti
GR-XII	GR-L	Notio Aigaio
GR-X	GR-J	Peloponnisos
GR-VIII	GR-H	Sterea Ellada
GR-V	GR-E	Thessalia
GR-XI	GR-K	Voreio Aigaio

Codes removed on 15 November 2016

Former code	Subdivision name	Subdivision category	In administrative region
GR-13	Achaḯa	department	G
GR-01	Aitoloakarnanía	department	G
GR-11	Argolída	department	J
GR-12	Arkadía	department	J
GR-31	Árta	department	D
GR-A1	Attikí	department	I
GR-64	Chalkidikí	department	B
GR-94	Chaniá	department	M
GR-85	Chíos	department	K
GR-81	Dodekánisa	department	L
GR-52	Dráma	department	A
GR-71	Évros	department	A
GR-05	Evrytanía	department	H
GR-04	Évvoia	department	H
GR-63	Flórina	department	C
GR-07	Fokída	department	H
GR-06	Fthiótida	department	H
GR-51	Grevená	department	C
GR-14	Ileía	department	G
GR-53	Imathía	department	B
GR-33	Ioánnina	department	D
GR-91	Irakleío	department	M
GR-41	Kardítsa	department	E
GR-56	Kastoriá	department	C
GR-55	Kavála	department	A
GR-23	Kefallinía	department	F
GR-22	Kérkyra	department	F
GR-57	Kilkís	department	B
GR-15	Korinthía	department	J
GR-58	Kozáni	department	C
GR-82	Kykládes	department	L
GR-16	Lakonía	department	J
GR-42	Lárisa	department	E
GR-92	Lasíthi	department	M
GR-24	Lefkáda	department	F
GR-83	Lésvos	department	K
GR-43	Magnisía	department	E
GR-17	Messinía	department	J
GR-59	Pélla	department	B
GR-61	Piería	department	B
GR-34	Préveza	department	D
GR-93	Rethýmnis	department	M
GR-73	Rodópi	department	A
GR-84	Sámos	department	K
GR-62	Sérres	department	B
GR-32	Thesprotía	department	D
GR-54	Thessaloníki	department	B
GR-44	Tríkala	department	E
GR-03	Voiotía	department	H
GR-72	Xánthi	department	A
GR-21	Zákynthos	department	F

See also

• Subdivisions of Greece
• FIPS region codes of Greece
• NUTS codes of Greece

External links

• ISO Online Browsing Platform: GR
• Departments of Greece, Statoids.com