Athens

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Athens

Total population

3,090,508

Air quality index

44Good

Elevation92 m

Coordinates37.98°, 23.73°

Demographic figures from ELSTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens, which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 in 2021, within its official limits, and a land area of 38.96 square kilometres.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

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Melpo Zarokosta

Greek actress (1933–2026)

H

Haris Xanthoudakis

Greek composer, musicologist, theorist and pedagogue

S

Stelios Panagopulos

Greek politician

T

Takis Persias

association football player

E

Eleftherios Kiosses

I

Ioannis Kourakos

Greek politician

Dionysis Charitopoulos

Greek writer

C

Christos Peppas

Greek footballer

M

Mimis Traiforos

Greek writer and lyricist (1913-1998)

I

Ioannis Politis

Greek politician and diplomat

I

Iakovos Kolanian

Greek classical guitarist

Z

Zampia Melachroinou

Greek swimmer

N

Nikos-Georgios Stratakis

Greek footballer

T

Themis Mallis

Greek journalist

D

Demosthenes Omiridis Skylitsis

Greek politician

K

Kostas Mourselas

Greek playwright

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Attica

• Piraeus
  5.3 mi away · pop. 163,688
• Paiania
  6.6 mi away · pop. 10,295
• Skaramangas
  7.5 mi away
• Koropi
  9.3 mi away · pop. 15,860
• Fyli
  9.5 mi away · pop. 2,702
• Aspropyrgos
  9.8 mi away · pop. 27,741
• Spata
  9.9 mi away · pop. 7,738
• Kitsi
  10.3 mi away · pop. 3,204
• Εφέδρων - Αναγέννηση
  10.8 mi away
• Ampelakia
  11.3 mi away · pop. 4,530
• Paloukia
  11.4 mi away
• Pikermi
  11.4 mi away · pop. 2,931

Browse all places in Attica →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Athens

Athens, Attica, and the Megarid

Hans Rupprecht Goette · 2001

Athens Attica

John Bowman · 1987

Athens/Attica Greece (Athens/Attica Greece)

2007

Atherma Athens Attica

Gregory Zorzos · 2009

Athens, Attica & the Megarid

HANS RU GOETTE · 2001

Map, Athens, Attica, Piraeus, Greece =

Editions C. Gouvoussis · 1992

Athens, Attica and the Megarid

Hans Goette · 2012

Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas

Cilliers Breytenbach · 2022

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Athens, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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