Keratsini

Keratsini
Keratsini; Κερατσίνι
	View o Keratsini electricity factory, in Piraeus
	Keratsini Location athin the regional unit
	Coordinates: 37°58′N 23°37′E / 37.967°N 23.617°ECoordinates: 37°58′N 23°37′E / 37.967°N 23.617°E
Kintra	Greece
Admeenistrative region	Attica
Regional unit	Piraeus
Municipality	Keratsini-Drapetsona
• Municipal unit	7.601 km2 (2.935 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population (2001)
• Municipal unit	76102
• Municipal unit density	10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	187 xx
Aurie code(s)	210
Vehicle registration	Z
Website	www.keratsini.gr

Keratsini (Greek: Κερατσίνι) is a suburb in the wastren pairt o Piraeus, Greece. Syne the 2011 local govrenment reform it is pairt o the municipality Keratsini-Drapetsona, o which it is the seat an a municipal unit.^[2]

Geografie[eedit | eedit soorce]

Keratsini is aboot 14 kilometre (9 mile) WSW o Athens, an aboot 4 km (2 mi) NW o dountoun Piraeus. Drapetsona Bay lees tae the soothwast. It is linkit bi a road north tae Skaramagas an Wast Attica, an several roads east tae Athens an Piraeus.

The aurie wis made up o fermlands. Mixed fermin wis common. Urban development replacit hintle o the fermlands atween the 1930s an the 1950s. The day, maist o the municipality are urbanisit or residential. The rocky landscape o Aigaleo lees tae the north an northwast. The industrial aurie, pairt o the port o Piraeus, lees tae the soothwast. The aurie which wis uised for minin in the 1960s wis transformit intae a pairk.

Ither[eedit | eedit soorce]

Keratsini haes schuils, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a polis station, a post office, a tertiar diveesion soccer team namit Keratsini which is cried KERTS an aw an anither cried APO Keratsini an squares (plateies) includin ane in the northwast.

Cultur[eedit | eedit soorce]

Keratsini haes its awn nan-profeesional choir (mixed voices, SATB). It haes pairticipatit mony times in festivals aw aroond Greece. The toun haes its awn choir festival cried internaitional sang festival.

Historical population[eedit | eedit soorce]

Year	Municipality
1981	74,179
1991	71,982
2001	76,102

Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]

Twin touns — Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]

Keratsini is twinned wi:

Prešov, Slovakie (syne 1994)^[3]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

↑ ^a ^b De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
↑ Kallikratis law Archived 2017-04-27 at the Wayback Machine Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
↑ "Twinnings" (PDF). Central Union of Municipalities & Communities of Greece. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 15 Januar 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]

Offeecial wabsteid Archived 2005-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
http://keratsinion.gr.citytron.com
http://news.pathfinder.gr/greece/news/166054.html Archived 2005-03-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)

[census01-1] De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.

[Kallikratis-2] Kallikratis law Archived 2017-04-27 at the Wayback Machine Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)

[Greek_twinnings-3] "Twinnings" (PDF). Central Union of Municipalities & Communities of Greece. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 15 Januar 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

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