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Marathon
modern town in Attica, Greece
Lavrio
Lavrio, Lavrion or Laurium (; (later ); from Middle Ages until 1908: Εργαστήρια Ergastiria) is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greece. It is part of Athens metropolitan area and the seat of the municipality of Lavreotiki. Laurium was famous in Classical antiquity for its silver mines, which was one of the chief sources of revenue of the Athenian state. The metallic silver was mainly used for coinage. The Archaeological Museum of Lavrion shows much of the story of these mines.
Acharnes
Acharnes, also known as Menidi, is a municipality in the East Attica regional unit in Greece. With 108,169 inhabitants (2021 census), it is the ninth most populous municipality in Greece. It lies just north of the Athens urban area.
Rafina
Rafina () is a suburban port town located on the eastern coast of Attica in Greece. It has a population of 14,620 inhabitants (2021 census). Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality Rafina-Pikermi, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 18.979 km2. It is part of the Athens metropolitan area.
Oropos
Oropos () is a small town and a municipality in East Attica, Greece.
Pallini
Pallini () is a suburban town in the Greater Athens Area and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Gerakas. It is the seat of administration of the East Attica regional unit.
Spata
Spata () is a town east of downtown Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Spata-Artemida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit (officially named Spata-Loutsa) has an area of 55.042 km2. It is part of the Athens metropolitan area.
Nea Makri
town in Attica, Greece
Paiania
Paiania (, , before 1915: Λιόπεσι - Liopesi, ; Arvanitika: Λοπε̱σ romanized: Lopës) is a town and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. It is a suburb of Athens, located east of Mount Hymettus and 11 km east of the Athens city centre.
Artemida
Greek city in Attica
Voula
Voula () is a southern suburb of Athens along the Athens coast and former municipality in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 8.787 km2.
Dionysos
town in northeastern Athens, Greece
Kalyvia Thorikou
town in East Attica, Greece
Agios Stefanos
town in Attica, Greece
Vouliagmeni
Vouliagmeni (, meaning "sunken") is a seaside suburb and former municipality 18 km south of Athens city centre. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 5.805 km2. Its population was 4,332 at the 2021 census. In 1993 and again in 2009, it hosted the annual meeting of the Bilderberg Group. The suburb is named after Lake Vouliagmeni, located in its vicinity. It is one of the most prestigious Athenian suburbs, home to renowned hotels and beaches. The area has some of t
Koropi
Koropi (, ) is a suburban town in East Attica, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Kropia. It has been home to the new training facilities of Panathinaikos football club since the summer of 2013.
Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni Municipality
Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni () is a municipality in the East Attica regional unit of Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is Voula. The municipality has an area of 10,450 km2. The municipal unit has an area of 37,225 km2. It is part of Athens urban area, forming part of its southern suburbs and contains some of the area's most famous beaches and some of the most expensive real estate in Greece. Grigoris Konstantellos is the incumbent mayor, elected for a third term in October 2023.
Rafina-Pikermi Municipality
Rafina-Pikermi () is a municipality in the East Attica regional unit, Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Rafina. The municipality has an area of 40.501 km2.
Gerakas
Gerakas () is a town, a suburb of Athens and a former municipality in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pallini, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
Vari
Vari () is a southern suburb of Athens and a former municipality in East Attica, Greece, along the Athens coast. The ancient Athenian deme of Anagyrous was situated here.
Kropia Municipality
Kropia () is a municipality in East Attica, Greece and has a land area of 102.0 km2. The soil is very fertile (something common in the Mediterranean) and many crops are grown on it, most importantly vineyards, olives, figs, pistachios, honey and vegetables. Its population was 30,817 at the 2021 census. The seat of the municipality is in the town of Koropi (pop. 19,164 in 2011). In descending order of population, its other villages are (pop. 4,788), (3,765), , and .
Spata-Artemida Municipality
Spata-Artemida () is a municipality in the East Attica regional unit, Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Spata. The municipality has an area of 73.695 km2.
Afidnes
Afidnes (, or Ἀφίδναι, from the Middle Ages until 1919: Κιούρκα - Kiourka) is a small town in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 34.638 km2. It is situated in the eastern foothills of the Parnitha mountains, 3 km southwest of Polydendri, 5 km southeast of Malakasa and 27 km north of Athens city centre. Afidnes has a station on the railway from Athens to Thessaloniki. The A1 motorway (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) passes east of the town. It is
Saronikos Municipality
municipality in Attica region, Greece
Agios Konstantinos
village in Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
Lavreotiki Municipality
Lavreotiki () is a municipality at the southeasternnmost tip of the Attica peninsula in the Greek regional unit of East Attica. Its municipal seat is the town of Lavrio.
Anthousa
town in Attica region, Greece
Keratea
Keratea () is a town in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lavreotiki, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 129.864 km2. It is part of Athens metropolitan area.
Anavyssos
Anavyssos () is a town and a former municipality in East Attica, Greece, located in the Athens Riviera. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Saronikos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 14.478 km2. At the 2021 census it had 6,180 inhabitants.
Glyka Nera
suburb of Athens, Greece
Anixi
Anoixi (, meaning "spring") is a suburb of Athens in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dionysos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 4.582 km2.
Palaia Fokaia
town in Attica, Greece
Drosia
Drosia (, meaning "dew", before 1947: Ρωσσοχώρι - Rossochori) is a town in the East Attica regional unit and a suburb of the Athens agglomeration, Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dionysos, of which it is a municipal unit.
Avlonas
town in Attica, Greece
Saronida
Saronida () is a seaside resort village and former community in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Saronikos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 6.670 km2.
Markopoulo Mesogaias
town in Attica region, Greece
Grammatiko
Grammatiko () is a village in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Marathon, of which it is a municipal unit. It is part of the Athens metropolitan area.
Mati
village in Attica, Greece
Porto Rafti
town in Attica, Greece
Kryoneri
town in Attica, Greece
Pikermi
Pikermi () is a suburb of Athens and a former community of East Attica regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rafina-Pikermi, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 21.522 km2.
Kapandriti
Kapandriti () is a town in the north of East Attica in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of .
Kouvaras
thumb|left|Aerial view of Kalivia Thorikou, Kouvaras and [[Keratea as seen from the northwest]]
Varnavas
Varnavas ( "Barnabas") is a town in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Marathon, of which it is a municipal unit. It is part of Athens metropolitan area.
Thrakomakedones
Thrakomakedones (Greek: Θρακομακεδόνες from Thrace and Macedonia), is a town in the regional unit East Attica, in Attica region, Greece. It is a northern suburb of Athens. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Acharnes, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 3.550 km2.
Stamata
Stamata () is a community in Athens, East Attica regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Dionysos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 18.950 km2.
Nea Palatia
village in Attica, Greece
Kalamos
town in Attica, Greece
Rodopoli
Rodopoli (, meaning "City of Roses", before 1981: Μπάλα - Bala) is a town in the East Attica regional unit, and a northern suburb of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dionysos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 9.550 km2.
Skala Oropou
village in Attica, Greece
Polydendri
Polydendri (Greek: Πολυδένδρι, English: "Many trees") is a town and former community of East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is part of Athens metropolitan area. Polydendri has historically been an Arvanite settlement.
Malakasa
Malakasa () is a village and former community of East Attica in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 10.450 km2. The municipal unit Malakasa consists of the villages Malakasa, Milesi and Sfendali.
Sykamino
Sykamino (Greek: Συκάμινο meaning mulberry) is a town and former community of Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos, of which it is a municipal unit. Sykamino has historically been an Arvanite settlement.
Varympompi
Varympompi or Varybobi () is a suburb of Athens in the municipality of Acharnes, East Attica, Greece.
Markopoulo Oropou
town in northern Attica, Greece
Drafi
Drafi () is a residential settlement located in a semi-mountainous slopped region in the municipal unit of Pikermi, in the municipality Rafina–Pikermi, East Attica, Greece. Its population is 2,976 (2021). It is situated east of Athens city center, on the slopes of the Penteliko Mountain. It is bordering Pikermi, Dioni, Penteli, Anthousa and Pallini.
Varkiza
Varkiza (Greek: Βάρκιζα), also formerly Alianthos (Αλίανθος), is a town and a suburb of greater Athens forming part of the municipality of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni in southern Attica of the Megalo Daktylo (Large Finger). It lies approximately 2 km south of Vari, 22 km S of Athens city centre, SW of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62), NW of Cape Sounio, and south of the Hymettus Ring. The locality is linked with Poseidonos Avenue (GR-91), just east of Vouliagmeni.
Legrena
Legrena () is a coastal village in East Attica in southern Greece on the coast of the Attica peninsula. It is part of the municipality Lavreotiki. It lies along Greek National Road 91, to the west of Sounion. It contains an extensive beach and bay of the same name. The European Public Law Center is located in the vicinity.
Lagonisi
Lagonissi (, meaning "island of the lakes") (from latin "lago" and ) is a seaside residential area in the Athens Riviera and the southern part of Kalyvia Thorikou in East Attica. It is situated close to the shore and on a peninsula by the Saronic Gulf. Lagonisi is located approximately 30 km southeast of Athens and 35 km northwest of Cape Sounio. Restaurant facilities, cafeterias and bars are located mainly at the heart of Lagonissi, close to Kalyvion Avenue (the road connecting Lagonissi with Kalyvia Thorikou). It is part of Athens metropolitan area.
Kato Poseidonia
village in Attica, Greece