Municipality of Pella
The Municipality of Pella covers an area of 668 km2 in the eastern part of the Prefecture Unit of Pella and it is the largest municipality of the wider area. Its population is about 63.000 citizens and about half of them live in its capital city, Giannitsa. The ancient city of Pella is located in the territory of the municipality and its historical findings are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Pella.
The local economy is based on the agricultural production thanks to a fertile valley and the river Loudias that runs through the Municipality. Additionally, Pella has an important industrial production in agrofood and an important concentration of enterprises in the services sector. It has also a great potential in the development of tourism (historical and ecotourism).
The institutional structure of the Municipality of Pella is based on the following sectors, including the economic services, urbanity, technical services, environment, general administration, social welfare, planning and development. Its strategic goal is the further support of its important sectors such as agriculture and history, enhancing the touristic development, protecting the environment and improving the local infrastructure.
Municipality of Negotino
The Municipality of Negotino covers an area of 414 km2 in the middle of the Povardarie area and in the central part of the country. It belongs to Vardar Region and as a separate natural area it belongs to Tikveš–Raečki micro region. It covers the eastern part of Tikveš valley, spreading out onto the two banks of Vardar River.
It hosts 19.212 inhabitants. Most of them (13.104 / 68,2%) live in the town of Negotino. The rest population lives in the 14 villages while three settlements remain fully depopulated. In the business sector, 65% of the enterprises in the Municipality are registered in the sector of services with wholesale and retail trade. In the industrial production in the Municipality, the food industry has a dominant role with 50% of the total production. The construction and textile industry are following with 17% and 12,5% relatively. The total unemployed population is about 7%.
The Municipality of Negotino has 52 employees in three sectors (Legal and general affairs and public Issues, Financial affairs, Urbanism and protection of environment, communal work and traffic and local economic development). Its goal is the further development of the Municipality in terms of public infrastructure and economic progress.
Ephorate of Antiquities of Pella
The Ephorate of Antiquities of Pella is a Regional Service of the Greek Ministry of Culture. It is based in Edessa and its jurisdiction extends to the Regional Unit of Pella. Its main task is the protection, promotion and promotion of antiquities, which emerge from prehistoric times to 1830, as well as newer religious monuments from 1830 onwards.
The Ephorate of Antiquities of Pella has already implemented important works mainly on restorations in monuments and archaeological sites in the prefecture of Pella with EU funding, including a completed project for restorations in the archaeological site of ancient Pella (2007-2013). During the period 2014-2020, it is implementing the EU funding project for the restoration, coservation and enhancement of Buiding I and the monumental entrance of the palace of ancient Pella. Additionally, it has successfully implemented plenty of temporary exhibitions, training courses and digitalization actions such as the QR coding on exhibits of the museum.