Athens metropolitan area

The Athens metropolitan area (Greek: Μητροπολιτική Περιοχή της Αθήνας) spans 2,928.717 km2 (1,131 sq mi) within the Attica region and consists of 58 municipalities plus areas of East Attica and West Attica, having reached a population of 3,722,544 according to the 2021 census.[1] Athens and Piraeus municipalities serve as the two metropolitan centres of the Athens metropolitan area.[2]

For the metropolitan area around Athens, Georgia, see Athens–Clarke County metropolitan area.
Athens metropolitan area
Coordinates: 37°59′03″N 23°43′41″E
Geographic regionCentral Greece
Administrative regionAttica
Area
 • Metro
2,928.717 km2 (1,130.784 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1.413 m (4.636 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Metro
3,722,544
 • Metro density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Telephone21
Vehicle registrationYxx, Zxx, Ixx
Major airport(s)Athens International Airport

According to the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission, the Athens metropolitan area consists of all areas with a dialing code of 21 and includes areas such as Salamina, Elefsina, Mandra, Aspropyrgos, Acharnes, Pallini, Agios Stefanos, Dionysos, Koropi, Vari, Kavouri and the Athens International Airport.[3][4][5][6]

Administration

The large city centre of the Greek capital falls directly within the Municipality of Athens. Athens Municipality is the largest in population size in Greece. Piraeus also forms a significant city centre on its own[7] within the Athens Urban Area and it is the second largest in population size within it. The Athens Urban Area, also known as Greater Athens,[8] consists of 40 municipalities, 35 of which make up what was referred to as the former Athens Prefecture municipalities, located within 4 regional units (North Athens, West Athens, Central Athens, South Athens); and a further 5 municipalities, which make up the former Piraeus Prefecture municipalities, located within the regional unit of Piraeus as mentioned above. The Athens Municipality forms the core and centre of Greater Athens, which in turn consists of the Athens Municipality and 40 more municipalities, divided in four regional units (Central, North, South and West Athens), accounting for 2,597,935 people (in 2021) within an area of 361 km2 (139 sq mi). Until 2010, which made up the abolished Athens Prefecture and the municipality of Piraeus, the historic Athenian port, with 4 other municipalities make up the regional unit of Piraeus.

The regional units of Central Athens, North Athens, South Athens, West Athens and Piraeus with part of East[9] and West Attica[10] regional units combined make up the continuous Athens Urban Area,[10][11][12] also called the "Urban Area of the Capital" or simply "Athens" (the most common use of the term), spanning over 412 km2 (159 sq mi),[13] with a population of 3,041,131 people as of 2021. The Athens Urban Area is considered to form the city of Athens as a whole, despite its administrative divisions, which is the largest in Greece and one of the most populated urban areas in Europe.


References
  1. "Census 2021". Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. "MASTER PLAN FOR ATHENS AND ATTICA 2021, pg 13, 24, 27, 33, 36, 89". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20220124172526/https://www.eett.gr/opencms/export/sites/default/EETT/Electronic_Communications/Telecoms/Numbering/Doc_GR.pdf
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20230102204923/https://skytelecom.gr/2021/01/26/kodikoi-tilefwnwn-ana-perioxi/
  5. https://www.publicissue.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/image1.jpg
  6. https://www.ita.org.gr/el/images/meletes_ita/mhtropolitikh-athina.pdf
  7. "Distance between Athens, Greece and Piraeus, Greece". distances-from.com. 9 December 2007. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "Greater Athens (Greece): Municipalities – Population Statistics, Charts and Map". citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  9. "Concise Statistical Yearbook of Greece 2001 page 38, National Statistical Service of Greece" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  10. "Αttikh". EraNET (in Greek). Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  11. "Monthly Statistical Bulletin Monthly Statistical Bulletin December 2012, Hellenic Statistical Authority, page 64" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  12. "Statistical Yearbook of Greece 2001 page 72, National Statistical Service of Greece" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  13. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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