Nea Palatia

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Nea Palatia Νέα Παλάτια
Location
Coordinates	38°19′N 23°47′E / 38.317, 23.783Coordinates: 38°19′N 23°47′E / 38.317, 23.783
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max):	0 - 7 m (0 - 23 ft)
Government
Country:	Greece
Periphery:	Attica
Prefecture:	East Attica
Population statistics (as of 2001[1])
City Proper
- Population:	3,647
- Area:[2]	8.525 km² (3 sq mi)
- Density:	428 /km² (1,108 /sq mi)
Codes
Postal:	190 15
Area:	22950
Auto:	ZB-ZY

Nea Palatia (Greek: Νέα Παλάτια) is a community of the Greek prefecture of Attica. Nea Palatia is linked with the road linking GR-1/E75 and Oropos as well as GR-79 and the road linking Dilesi and Markopoulo Oropou. The area around Nea Palatia are flat and urbanized while farmlands cover the southern part. The South Euboic Gulf covers the north which offers a panoramic view of the island of Euboea as well as Eretria. Nea Palatia is located about ENE of Athens, N of GR-1/E75 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) east of Avlona and Thiva. The seat of government is the town of Néa Palátia (pop. 2,423 in 2001). Its other towns and villages are Ágios Konstantínos (pop. 870), Agía Aikateríni (216), Póntioi (81), and Ágios Athanásios (57).

Businesses are the most popular industry in Nea Palatia, agriculture dominates the central part and away from its beaches. Housing developments came in the 1990s but slowly boomed.

Contents 1 Subdivisions 2 Other 3 Historical population 4 External links

[edit] Subdivisions

• Agios Konstantinos Palatias
• Nea Palatia
• Nea Politeia
• Sesas

[edit] Other

Nea Palatia has a few schools and lyceums or a middle school, a gymnasia or a high school, churches, a post office and a few squares (plateies).

[edit] Historical population

Year	Population	Change	Communal population	Change	Density
1981	1,894	-	-	-	-
1991	2,472	+578/+30.52%	3,078	-	361.1/km²
2001	2,423	-49/-1.98%	3,647	+569/+18.49%	427.8/km²

[edit] External links

• GTP Travel Pages (Community)
• Map and aerial photos:
  • Street map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google or Yahoo! Maps
  • Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
• Coordinates: 38°19′6″N, 23°47′22″E

	North: South Euboic Gulf
West: Skala Oropou (community)	Nea Palatia (community)	East: Markopoulo Oropou (community)
	South: Malakasa (community)

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