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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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Γέρακα
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Αττικής
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 29,939
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +29939
- Elevation
- +200
- Shares border with
- Chalandri
- Official website
- www.gerakas.gr
- Image
- Ethnikis Antistaseos Street at Gerakas.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
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.