Piraeus Prefecture

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| name = Piraeus

| native_name = Νομός Πειραιά

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| settlement_type = Former prefecture

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| image_map = Nomarchia Pirea.png

| map_caption = Location of Piraeus in Greece

| image_map1 = Pireas nomarchia municipalities numbered.png

| map_caption1 = Location of municipalities within Piraeus Prefecture

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Greece

| subdivision_type1 = Periphery

| subdivision_name1 = Attica

| parts_type = Subdivisions

| p1 = 5 provinces

| p2 = 16 municipalities

| p3 = 2 communities

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1972

| extinct_title = Disestablished

| extinct_date = 2010

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Piraeus

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 929

| area_rank = 47th

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| population_total = 541504

| population_as_of = 2001

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_density_rank = 2nd

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| population_rank = 3rd

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| postal_code_type = Postal codes

| postal_code = 1xx xx, 801 xx

| area_code_type = Area codes

| area_code = 21x, 2736

| iso_code = GR-A4

| registration_plate = ΥΝ

| website = [http://www.nomarhiapeiraia.gr/ nomarhiapeiraia.gr]

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Piraeus Prefecture ({{langx|el|Νομός Πειραιά or Νομός Πειραιώς}}) was one of the prefectures of Greece. Created in 1964 as a separate Prefecture (Νομός) and after the dissolution of the prefecture in 1972 was one of the 4 prefectures (Νομαρχίες) of Attica prefecture, and from 1994, part of the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture (1994–2011). The capital of the prefecture was Piraeus. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis Programme, the prefecture was abolished, and its territory was divided into two regional units: Islands and Piraeus.{{cite web |title=Law 3852/2010 (Kallikratis reform) |url=https://www.kodiko.gr/nomothesia/document/132966/nomos-3852-2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401181332/https://www.kodiko.gr/nomothesia/document/132966/nomos-3852-2010 |archive-date=2024-04-01 |access-date=2024-04-01 |language=el}}

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 urban 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).{{cn|date=March 2024}}

Municipalities and communities

class="wikitable sortable"
Municipality# on map
opposite
Greek nameSeat
(if different)
YPES code
Aegina3Αίγινα4003
Agios Ioannis Rentis2Άγιος Ιωάννης Ρέντη4001
Agkistri17ΑγκίστριMegalochóri4002
Ampelakia4Αμπελάκια4004
Antikythera18ΑντικύθηραPotamós4005
Drapetsona5Δραπετσώνα4006
Hydra16Ύδρα4018
Keratsini6Κερατσίνι4007
Korydallos7Κορυδαλλός4008
Kythira8Κύθηρα4009
Methana9Μέθανα4010
Nikaia10Νίκαια4011
Perama11Πέραμα4013
Piraeus1Πειραιάς4012
Poros12Πόρος4014
Salamina (city)13Σαλαμίνα4015
Spetses14Σπέτσες4016
Troizina15ΤροιζήναGalatas, Troizina4017

Provinces

Note: Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece.

{{see also|List of settlements in Attica}}

References

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