Kalamaki () was a seaside settlement, and current residential and commercial neighborhood within

Alimos Alimos () is a town on the Saronic Gulf coast, a suburb of the Athens agglomeration, and a municipality in South Athens regional unit, Greece. It was formed in 1968 comprising two settlements, the suburban seaside town of Kalamaki (), and the in ...

, a suburban town and a municipality in the South Athens regional unit within the Athens urban agglomeration. The coastal village of Kalamaki was founded in 1923 as a result of the

population exchange between Greece and Turkey The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January 1923, by the governments of Greece and Turkey. It involv ...

by resettled ethnic

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from the

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n village of Kalamaki, which was renamed to

Kalkan Kalkan is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,926 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It is an important tourist destination on the Mediterranean c ...

. Between 1942 and 1945, Kalamaki joined the neighboring coastal settlement of

Phalerum Phalerum or Phaleron ( ' ; ''()'', ) was a port of Ancient Athens, 5 km southwest of the Acropolis of Athens, on a bay of the Saronic Gulf. The bay is also referred to as "Bay of Phalerum" ( '').'' The area of Phalerum is now occupied by ...

, to form the municipality of

Palaio Faliro Palaio Faliro (, ; Katharevousa: Palaion Faliron, Παλαιόν Φάληρον, meaning "Old Phalerum") is a town on the Saronic Gulf coast and a municipality in the southern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. At the 2021 census it had ...

.http://www.palaiofaliro.gr/ retrieved July 2015 In 1968, the settlement was administratively merged with the inland community of

Trachones Euonymeia (, ''Evonímia''), also known by its medieval name Trachones (), and by its modern colloquial Ano Kalamaki (, Upper Kalamaki), is a historic settlement and currently a residential neighborhood within the suburban town of Alimos in the ...

to the east, together forming the contemporary municipality of Alimos. The area of Kalamaki corresponds to the location of Alimos, an ancient

deme In Ancient Greece, a deme or (, plural: ''demoi'', δήμοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Classical Athens, Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside existed in the 6th century BC and earlier, bu ...

of the

Athenian democracy Athenian democracy developed around the 6th century BC in the Ancient Greece, Greek city-state (known as a polis) of Classical Athens, Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica, and focusing on supporting lib ...

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Attica 06-13 Paleo Faliro 09 war cemetery

References

Populated places in South Athens (regional unit) Alimos {{Attica-geo-stub