Kapandriti ( el, Καπανδρίτι) is a town in the north 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.
Adm ...
in
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Oropos
Oropos ( el, Ωρωπός) is a small town and a municipality in East Attica, Greece.
The village of Skala Oropou, within the bounds of the municipality, was the site an important ancient Greek city, Oropus, and the famous nearby sanctuary of ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 36.789 km
2.
It is part of Athens metropolitan area.
Kapandriti is situated east of the
Parnitha
Mount Parnitha ( ell, Πάρνηθα, , Katharevousa and grc, Πάρνης ''Parnis''/''Parnes''; sometimes Parnetha) is a densely forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m, and ...
mountains and north of the
Marathon Reservoir. It is 10 km northwest of
Marathon
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and 29 km northeast of
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 ...
city center.
Motorway 1 (Athens - Thessaloniki) passes west of the town. Besides the main town, the community Kapandriti also contains the villages Mikrochori (pop. 578) and Agioi Anargyroi (276).
Historical population
Kapandriti has historically been an
Arvanite
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 settlers ...
settlement.
See also
*
List of municipalities of Attica
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
External links
GTP Travel Pages (Community)
Oropos
Populated places in East Attica
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Arvanite settlements