Keratsini
Keratsini Κερατσίνι | |
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View o Keratsini electricity factory, in Piraeus | |
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)[1] | |
• 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 |
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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:
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)