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Piraeus Prefecture

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Country
  
Established
  
1972

Area rank
  
47th

Capital
  
Date dissolved
  
December 31, 2010

Periphery
  
Disestablished
  
2010

Area
  
929 km²

Area code
  
2736

Piraeus Prefecture

Subdivisions
  
List5 provinces16 municipalities2 communities

Piraeus Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Πειραιά or Νομός Πειραιώς) was one of the prefectures of Greece. It was part of the Attica region and the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture (1994–2011). The capital of the prefecture was the city of Piraeus. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the prefecture was abolished, and its territory was divided into two regional units: Islands and Piraeus.

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History

The prefecture covered the south-western part of the agglomeration of Athens, several islands in the Saronic Gulf (Salamis, Aegina, Agkistri, Poros, Hydra, Dokos, Spetses, Spetsopoula), Methana and Troizina on the Peloponnese peninsula, and the islands of Kythira and Antikythera south of the Peloponnese. An indication of the geographical diversity of the prefecture was the stark difference in population density between its seven mainland municipalities in the Athens metropolitan area, which have 9,244.2 inhabitants/km², and its detached outlying areas, which average only 85.83 inhabitants/km² (and most of these on Salamis Island, at 395.40/km², while the far-outlying parts have only 47.80/km²).

Provinces

  • Province of Salamis - Salamina
  • Province of Aegina - Aegina
  • Province of Troizinia - Methana
  • Province of Hydra and Spetses - Hydra
  • Province of Kythira - Kythira
  • Agglomerate of Piraeus
  • Note: Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece.

    References

    Piraeus Prefecture Wikipedia


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