Piraeus Prefecture

Piraeus Νομός Πειραιά
Former prefecture
Location of Piraeus in Greece
Location of municipalities within Piraeus Prefecture
Country	Greece
Periphery	Attica
Established	1972
Disestablished	2010
Capital	Piraeus
Subdivisions	List 5 provinces 16 municipalities 2 communities
Area
• Total	929 km2 (359 sq mi)
• Rank	47th
Population  (2001)
• Total	541,504
• Rank	3rd
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Rank	2nd
Postal codes	1xx xx, 801 xx
Area codes	21x, 2736
ISO 3166 code	GR-A4
Vehicle registration	ΥΝ
Website	nomarhiapeiraia.gr

Piraeus Prefecture (Greek: 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 government reform, the prefecture was abolished, and its territory was divided into two regional units: Islands and Piraeus.

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).^{[citation needed]}

Municipalities and communities

Provinces

• Province of Salamis - Salamina
• Province of Aegina - Aegina
• Province of Troizinia - Methana
• Province of Hydra and Spetses - Hydra
• Province of Kythira - Kythira
• Province of Piraeus - Piraeus

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

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External links

• (in Greek) Official website

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