Kalamos, Attica

Kalamos
Κάλαμος
Location
Kalamos
Coordinates
Government
Country: Greece
Region: Attica
Regional unit: East Attica
Municipality: Oropos
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
 - Population: 5,468
 - Area: 44.878 km2 (17 sq mi)
 - Density: 122 /km2 (316 /sq mi)
Other
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max): 0 - 156 m ­(0 - 512 ft)
Postal: 190 17
Telephone: 22950
Auto: Z

Kalamos (Greek: Κάλαμος) is a town and a former community in the Greek prefecture of Attica. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos, of which it is a municipal unit.[1]

Kalamos is located NE of Athens, E of GR-1/E75 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki), northwest of Rafina and east of Oropos. 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.

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Settlements

Other

Kalamos has a primary school, a middle school, a high school, banks, churches, a post office and a few squares (plateies).

Historical population

Year Village population Community population
1981 - 2,806
1991 1,527 3,187
2001 1,967 5,468

References

  1. ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)

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