Erythres ( el, Ερυθρές, formerly known as Kriekouki,
Greek
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: Κριεκούκι) is a village and a former municipality in the northernmost part of
West Attica
West Attica ( el, Δυτική Αττική) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the western part of the agglomeration of Athens, and the area to its west.
Administration
The region ...
,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Mandra-Eidyllia
Mandra-Eidyllia ( el, Μάνδρα-Ειδύλλια) is a municipality in the West Attica regional unit, Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Mandra. The municipality has an area of 426.197 km2.
Municipality
The municipa ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 61.145 km
2.
It is part of Athens metropolitan area.
Erythres was named after the ancient city of
Erythrae
Erythrae or Erythrai ( el, Ἐρυθραί) later Litri, was one of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia Minor, situated 22 km north-east of the port of Cyssus (modern name: Çeşme), on a small peninsula stretching into the Bay of Erythrae ...
, the ruins of which are located 1.5 km east of the present town. The inhabitants of Erythres are
Arvanites
Arvanites (; Arvanitika: , or , ; Greek: , ) are a bilingual population group in Greece of Albanian origin. They traditionally speak Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek. Their ancestors were first recorded as settle ...
.
[Adamou E. & Drettas G. 2008, Slave, Le patrimoine plurilingue de la Grèce – Le nom des langues II, E. Adamou (éd.), BCILL 121, Leuven, Peeters, p.54.] The
Greek National Road 3
Greek National Road 3 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 3, abbreviated as EO3) is a single carriageway road in Greece. It connects Elefsina near Athens with the border of North Macedonia at Niki. It passes through Larissa and Florina. At Niki, it conn ...
(Elefsina - Thebes - Florina) passes through Erythres. The area south of Erythres is mountainous, with the
Kithaironas to the southwest and the
Pastra
Pastra ( el, Πάστρα) is a village and a community in the southeastern part of the island of Kefalonia, Greece. It was the seat of the municipality of Eleios-Pronnoi. The community consists of the villages Pastra (population 133 in 2011) an ...
to the southeast. The area north of Erythres is characterised by the wide, flat valley of the Boeotian river
Asopos
Asopos ( el, Ασωπός; also Latinised as Asopus) is a village and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece
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, that flows to the east along the northern border of the municipal unit. This area is dominated by farmlands. Erythres is located 5 km east of
Plataies
Plataies ( el, Πλαταιές), anciently Kokhla, is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Thebes, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an ...
, 6 km north of
Vilia
Vilia ( el, Βίλια; formerly Eidyllia, Ειδυλλία) is a village and a former municipality of West Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mandra-Eidyllia, of which it is a municipal unit. I ...
, 12 km south of
Thebes and 44 km northwest of
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...
.
Historical population
References
External links
Official websiteWest Attica perfectural seatErythres (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages
(in English and Greek)
{{Mandra-Eidyllia div
Populated places in West Attica
Arvanite settlements