Attica ( el, Περιφέρεια Αττικής, translit=Periféria Attikís, ) is an

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, that encompasses the entire

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Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates a ...

, the country's

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and

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. The region is coextensive with the former

Attica Prefecture Attica Prefecture ( el, Νομὸς Ἀττικῆς) was a prefecture of Greece, first established in 1833 and disestablished for the last time in 1987. The prefecture was coextensive with the present-day Attica region. History Attica Prefectu ...

Central Greece Continental Greece ( el, Στερεά Ελλάδα, Stereá Elláda; formerly , ''Chérsos Ellás''), colloquially known as Roúmeli (Ρούμελη), is a traditional geographic region of Greece. In English, the area is usually called Central ...

. It covers a greater area than the historical region of

Attica Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean ...

Overview

Located on the eastern edge of

, Attica covers about 3,808 square kilometers. In addition to Athens, it contains within its area the cities of Elefsina, Megara, Laurium, and Marathon, as well as a small part of the Peloponnese peninsula and the islands of Salamis, Aegina, Angistri, Poros, Hydra,

Spetses Spetses ( el, Σπέτσες, grc, Πιτυούσσα "Pityussa", Arvanitika: Πετσε̱) is an upscale affluent island in Attica, Greece. It is included as one of the Saronic Islands. Until 1948, it was part of the old prefecture of Argolis ...

Kythira Kythira (, ; el, Κύθηρα, , also transliterated as Cythera, Kythera and Kithira) is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is traditionally listed as one of the seven main Ionian Islands ...

, and

Antikythera Antikythera or Anticythera ( ) is a Greek island lying on the edge of the Aegean Sea, between Crete and Peloponnese. In antiquity the island was known as (). Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Kythira isla ...

. About 3,800,000 people live in the region, of whom more than 95% are inhabitants of the Athens metropolitan area. In 2019, Attica had the HDI of 0.912, the highest in Greece.

Administration

The region was established in the 1987 administrative reform, and until 2010 it comprised the 4 prefectures of

East Attica East Attica ( el, Ανατολική Αττική) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the eastern part of the urban agglomeration of Athens, and also the rural area to its east. A ...

Piraeus Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saro ...

and West Attica. With the 2010 Kallikratis plan, the region's powers and authority were completely redefined and extended. Since 1 January 2011, the region represents the second-level local administration. While being supervised by the Decentralized Administration of Attica, it is now an independent self-governing body with powers and a budget comparable to the former prefectures. The region is subdivided into eight subordinate regional units: * North Athens * West Athens *

Central Athens Central Athens ( el, Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the central part of the agglomeration of Greater Athens. Administration As a ...

* South Athens * West Attica *

* Islands

Electoral districts

The Attica region consists of eight electoral districts: Athens A,

Athens B1 The B1 North Athens electoral constituency ( el, Β1' Εκλογική Περιφέρεια Βόρειου Τομέα Αθηνών) is a parliamentary constituency of Greece, created after the breakup of Athens B Athens B (Athens Beta; el, Β� ...

, Athens B2,

Athens B3 Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates a ...

Piraeus A Piraeus A ( el, Α΄ Πειραιώς) is a parliamentary constituency in Attica represented in the Hellenic Parliament. It elects six Members of Parliament (MPs) by the reinforced proportional representation system of election. Election results ...

Piraeus B Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saron ...

and West Attica.

Major communities

* Acharnés (Αχαρνές) ''or'' Menídi () * Agía Paraskeví (Αγία Παρασκευή) * Ágios Dimítrios (Άγιος Δημήτριος) * Aigáleo (Αιγάλεω) * Alimos (Άλιμος) ''or'' Kalamaki () * Athína (Αθήνα) (Municipality of Athens) * Chalándri (Χαλάνδρι) * Galátsi (Γαλάτσι) * Glyfáda (Γλυφάδα) * Ílion (Ίλιον) (formerly ''Nea Liosia'') * Ilioúpoli (Ηλιούπολη) * Kallithéa (Καλλιθέα) * Keratsíni (Κερατσίνι) * Kifissia (Κηφισιά) * Korydallós (Κορυδαλλός) * Maroúsi (Μαρούσι) ''or'' Amaroúsion () * Néa Ionía (Νέα Ιωνία) * Néa Smýrni (Νέα Σμύρνη) * Níkaia (Νίκαια) * Palaió Fáliro (Παλαιό Φάληρο) * Peiraiás (Πειραιάς) (Piraeus in English) * Peristéri (Περιστέρι) * Výronas (Βύρωνας) * Zográfos (Ζωγράφος) ;See also * List of municipalities and communities in Attica * List of settlements in Attica

Demographics

The region has shrunk by 35,965 people between 2011 and 2021, experiencing a population loss of 0.9%.

Economy

The

Gross domestic product Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold (not resold) in a specific time period by countries. Due to its complex and subjective nature this measure is of ...

(GDP) of the region was 87.4 billion € in 2018, accounting for about 47% of the Greek economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 28,000 € or 93% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 99% of the EU average. Attica is the region in Greece with the highest GDP per capita. Despite that, the unemployment rate stood at 21.6% in 2017.

Transportation

Roads and highways

The main roads and highways of Attica are: * Motorway 1 (Athens-Thessaloniki) * Motorway 6 (northern beltway of Athens) * Motorway 8 (Eleusis-Corinth) * Motorway 62 (Athens Airport link) * Motorway 64 (eastern beltway of Athens) * Motorway 65 (western beltway of Athens) * Motorway 642 *

Greek National Road 1 Greek National Road 1 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 1, abbreviated as EO1) is the old single carriageway road connecting Athens with Thessaloniki and Evzonoi, the border crossing between Greece and North Macedonia. For most of its length, it ...

(old road Athens-Thessaloniki) * Greek National Road 3 (Elefsina-Lamia-Florina) * Greek National Road 8 (old road Athens-Patras) *

Greek National Road 79 Greek National Road 79 is a national highway in East Attica, Greece. It connects Malakasa with Skala Oropou Skala may refer to: Places Greece * Skala, Patmos, the main port on the island of Patmos in Greece * Skala, Laconia, a municipality i ...

Greek National Road 83 Greek National Road 83 is a national highway of Greece. It connects Athens with Rafina Rafina ( el, Ραφήνα) is a suburban port town located on the eastern coast of Attica in Greece. It has a population of 13,091 inhabitants (2011 census ...

(Marathonos Avenue) *

Greek National Road 89 Greek National Road 89 is a road in East Attica, Greece. It connects Gerakas with Sounio, via Koropi and Lavrio. Between Gerakas and Koropi it has lost importance after the opening of the Motorway 6. There are plans to upgrade the section between K ...

* Greek National Road 91

Ferry lines

Numerous ferry lines, both normal ferries and the "flying dolphins" (fast sea vessels), connect the port of Piraeus with the islands of the region.

Other

* Athens Mass Transit System ** Athens Metro ** Athens Tram **

Proastiakos The Proastiakos ( el, Προαστιακός; "suburban") is Greece's Commuter rail service, run by Hellenic Train, on rail infrastructure owned by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) (lines) and GAIAOSE (buildings and Trains). These ser ...

** Transit System (Attica)

Sports

Football clubs

;Premier and second division Superleague & Football League *

AEK A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

- Nea Filadelfeia (Athens) * Apollon - Athens *

Atromitos Atromitos (Greek: Ατρόμητος, "fearless") may refer to: * Atromitos F.C. Atromitos Football Club (, ''PAE APS Atromitos Athinon''), also simply known as Atromitos (literally meaning "Fearless"), is a Greek professional football club ba ...

Peristeri Peristeri ( Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipality of Greece ...

(Athens) * Egaleo FC (or Egaleo) - Egaleo (Athens) *

Ethnikos Asteras Ethnikos Asteras F.C. ( el, Γ.Α.Ο. Εθνικός Aστέρας, the ''National Star'') is a professional football club based in Kaisariani, Athens, Greece. History The club, originally named ''Ethnikos Astir,'' was founded in 1927 from the ...

Kesariani Kaisariani ( el, Καισαριανή) is a suburb and a municipality in the eastern part of the Athens agglomeration in Greece. Geography Kaisariani is located about southeast of Athens city centre, and of the Acropolis of Athens. The mu ...

(Athens) * Ethnikos Piraeus - Piraeus * Haidari F.C. - Haidari (Athens) *

Ilisiakos Ilisiakos Football Club ( el, Ηλυσιακός A.O.) is an Athens-based football club that was founded in 1927 by Michalis Xydis, Lambropoulos, Evgenopoulos, Nikolaos Plessas, ''et al.''. They played in Delta Ethiniki until 2003. Ilisiakos spen ...

- Zografou (Athens) * Ionikos -

Nikaia Nicaea, also known as Nicea or Nikaia (; ; grc-gre, Νίκαια, ) was an ancient Greek city in Bithynia, where located in northwestern Anatolia and is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and sev ...

(Piraeus) * Kallithea - Kallithea (Athens) *

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a numbe ...

- Piraeus * Panathinaikos - Athens *

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'' ...

- Nea Smyrni (Athens) *

Proodeftiki Proodeftiki Football Club, also known as Proodeftiki Piraeus, simply as Proodeftiki, or with its full name as A.O. Proodeftiki Neolea ( el, Αθλητικός Όμιλος Προοδευτική Νεολαία, transliterated "Athlitikós Όmilo ...

–

Korydallos Korydallos ( el, Κορυδαλλός; Latin: ''Corydallus'') is a municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, Greece. It is a suburb of Piraeus. Geography Korydallos is situated southeast of the mountain Aegaleo. It is located 7 km west of c ...

(Piraeus) *

Thrasivoulos Thrasyvoulos Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Θρασύβουλος Φυλής) is a Greek football club based in Fyli, Attica, currently in the A EPSDA. It was founded in 1938 and named after Thrasybulus, an ancient Athenial General who used Fyli as h ...

- Fyli (West Attica) ;Third division Football League 2 *

Acharnaikos Acharnaikos Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Αχαρναϊκός) is a Greek football club based in Acharnes (Menidi area), Attica, Greece. It was created in 1938 and was founded in 1953. The club was known as Yperochi Menidi until 1961. It plays in Ac ...

- Acharnes (Menidi) * Agios Dimitrios F.C. – Agios Dimitrios (Athens) * Aias Salamina - Salamina * Charavgiakos F.C. - Ilioupoli (Athens) *

Ilioupoli GS GS Ilioupolis ( el, Γ.Σ. Ηλιούπολης) is a multi-sport club based in Ilioupoli, Athens, Greece. The club was founded in 1953, and it has about 2,000 athletes competing in nine sports. Colours and crest GS Ilioupoli's colours are red ...

- Ilioupoli (Athens) * Koropi AO – Koropi * Vyzas - Megara ;Junior division/unassorted * Aittitos - Spata * Aris Petroupoli –

Petroupoli Petroupoli ( el, Πετρούπολη, meaning "City/town of Peter") is a town in Attica that falls under the administrative sector of West Athens. Petroupoli was part of the community of Nea Liosia until 1946, when it became a separate community ...

(Athens) * Aris Vari FC – Vari * Artemis FC – Artemida (Loutsa) * Aspropyrgos F.C. – Aspropyrgos * Gyziakos - Gyzi (Athens) * Kouvaras AC -

Kouvaras Kouvaras ( el, Κουβαράς) is a village and a 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 24. ...

* Olympiakos Papagou - Papagou (Athens) * Panelefsiniakos - Elefsina

All sports

* Ampelokipoi AC - Athens (in the area of Ampelokipoi), fourth division * Ethnikos GS - Athens, fourth division * Fokianos Athinon - Athens, fourth division

Mini football

Mini football pitches - Online bookings

Mini football pitches and football academies

References

External links

* {{Authority control Central Greece NUTS 1 statistical regions of Greece NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union States and territories established in 1987 Administrative regions of Greece 1987 establishments in Greece