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Sign in to saveTanagra () is a town and a municipality north of Athens in Boeotia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Schimatari. It is not far from Thebes, and it was noted in antiquity for the figurines named after it. The Tanagra figurines were a mass-produced, mold-cast and fired type of Greek terracotta figurine produced from the later fourth century BC, primarily in Tanagra.
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Τανάγρας
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Tanagra
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Τανάγρα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Αποψη Αγίου Θωμά από το πάρκο της Σπηλιάς.jpg
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Tanagras.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Boeotia
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 18500
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 461.02
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 3212
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 122.53
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 929
- Greek Dimos.area_community
- 27.814
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 214
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 322 00, 320 09
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 22620
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΒΙ
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Τανάγρα
- Population
- 702
- Area
- 27.814
- Elevation
- 304
- Image
- Πλατεία Ηρώων στον Άγιο Θωμά Τανάγρας.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2262
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- Tanagra
- native label
- Τανάγρα
- postal code
- 32009
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Tanagra () is a town and a municipality north of Athens in Boeotia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Schimatari. It is not far from Thebes, and it was noted in antiquity for the figurines named after it. The Tanagra figurines were a mass-produced, mold-cast and fired type of Greek terracotta figurine produced from the later fourth century BC, primarily in Tanagra.
==Government== The municipality Tanagra was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units: Dervenochoria Dilesi Oinofyta Schimatari Tanagra
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