Perama
Sign in to savePerama () is a coastal town and a suburb of Piraeus. It belongs to the Piraeus regional unit and is the southwestern limit of Athens urban area. It lies on the southwest edge of the Aegaleo mountains, on the Saronic Gulf coast. It is 8 km northwest of Piraeus, and 14 km west of the center of Athens. The municipality has an area of 14.729 km2. It forms the western terminus of the Port of Piraeus, and there is also a passenger port that provides ferry services to Salamis Island.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Perama
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Πέραμα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Peramatos.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Attica
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Piraeus
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 25628
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 14.729
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 5
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 188 63
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 210
- Greek Dimos.licence
- Z
- Greek Dimos.website
- www.perama.gr
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- perama.JPG
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Ships at Perama
- Greek Dimos.mayor
- Ioannis Lagoudakos
- Greek Dimos.since
- 2023
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Encyclopedic overview
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Perama () is a coastal town and a suburb of Piraeus. It belongs to the Piraeus regional unit and is the southwestern limit of Athens urban area. It lies on the southwest edge of the Aegaleo mountains, on the Saronic Gulf coast. It is 8 km northwest of Piraeus, and 14 km west of the center of Athens. The municipality has an area of 14.729 km2. It forms the western terminus of the Port of Piraeus, and there is also a passenger port that provides ferry services to Salamis Island.
The name Perama comes from the Greek word "perasma" which means "passage". Perama has a secondary soccer team named Peramaikos. The Battle of Salamis which took place in 480BC was located between the Salamis island and the mainland, part of which included Perama.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Perama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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