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Kalamos (Greek: Κάλαμος) is a (non-municipal) community of the Greek prefecture of Attica. Kalamos is located about NE of Athens, E of GR-1/E75 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) and northwest of Rafina and east of Oropos. The seat of government is the town of Kálamos, (pop. 1,967 in 2001). The only other town is the community's larger one, Ágioi Apóstoloi (pop. 3,501).
Businesses and tourism are the most popular industry after agriculture and fishery in Kalamos. Beaches and hotels dominate the northeast in the area of Agioi Apostoloi.
[edit] Settlements
- Agioi Apostoloi, a popular beachtown northeast of settlement
- Kálamos, the seat of government
Kalamos has a school, a lyceum or a middle school, a gymnasia or a high school, banks, churches, a post office and a few squares (plateies).
[edit] Historical population
Year |
Population |
Change |
Communal population |
Change |
Density |
1981 |
2,806 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1991 |
1,527 |
1,279/45.58% |
3,187 |
- |
71.0/km² |
2001 |
1,486 |
-41/-2.69% |
5,468 |
+2,281/+71.57% |
121.8/km² |
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