Gerakas
Sign in to saveGerakas () is a town, a suburb of Athens and a former municipality in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pallini, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Γέρακα
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Αττικής
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 29,939
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Gerakas
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Γέρακας
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Geraka.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Attica
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- East Attica
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Pallini
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 33856
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 6.633
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 200
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 153 44
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 210
- Greek Dimos.licence
- Z
- Greek Dimos.website
- www.gerakas.gr
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Gerakas Animation b.gif
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- The City of Ancient Gargittos
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Etymology
- Geography
- Topography
- History
- Antiquity
- Christian and Byzantine Times
- Latin Empire
- Ottoman domination
- Historical monuments (post-Byzantine)
- Middle Ages
- Hellenic State
- Modern Gerakas
- Demographics
- Transportation
- Land prices
- Government and politics
- See also
- References
- External links
Gerakas () is a town, a suburb of Athens and a former municipality in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pallini, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
In antiquity, Gerakas constituted the Athenian Mesogeia deme of Gargettus, in the tribe of Aigeis, according to the administrative model of Cleisthenes. Today, it is a rapidly developing city of the northern mesogea and the eastern gate to the Athens basin. It is known as the birthplace of the famous philosopher Epicurus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gerakas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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