Piraeus Prefecture

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Piraeus Prefecture Νομός Πειραιά
Periphery	Attica
Capital	Piraeus
Population	541,504 (2001)Ranked 3rd
Area	929.382 km² Ranked 47th
Population density	582.65/km²Ranked 2nd
Number of municipalities	16
Number of communities	2
Postal codes	1xx xx, 801 xx
Area codes	210, 27340
Licence plate code	ΥΝ
ISO 3166-2 code	GR-A4
Website	nomarhiapeiraia.gr

Piraeus is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is part of the periphery of Attica and the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture. The capital of the prefecture is the city of Piraeus. The prefecture covers 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 is the stark difference in population density between its seven mainland municipalities in the Athens metropolitan 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).

[edit] Municipalities and communities

Municipality	Greek name	Seat (if different)	YPES code
Aegina	Αίγινα		4003
Agios Ioannis Rentis	Άγιος Ιωάννης Ρέντης		4001
Ampelakia	Αμπελάκια		4004
Drapetsona	Δραπετσώνα		4006
Hydra	Ύδρα		4018
Keratsini	Κερατσίνι		4007
Korydallos	Κορυδαλλός		4008
Kythira	Κύθηρα		4009
Methana	Μέθανα		4010
Nikaia	Νίκαια		4011
Perama	Πέραμα		4013
Piraeus	Πειραιάς		4012
Poros	Πόρος		4014
Salamina/Salamis	Σαλαμίνα		4015
Spetses	Σπέτσες		4016
Troizina	Τροιζήνα	Galatas	4017
Community	Greek name	Seat (if different)	YPES code
Agkistri	Αγκίστρι	Megalochóri	4002
Antikythera	Αντικύθηρα	Potamós	4005