Markopoulo

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Markopoulo

Total population

7,614

Air quality index

52Moderate

Coordinates37.88°, 23.93°

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

Overview

Markopoulo Mesogaias is a town and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. The municipality has an area of 81.844 km2 (31.600 sq mi).

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).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Xenophon

Greek philosopher, historian, soldier (c. 430–355/354 BC)

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Aeschines of Sphettus

4th century BC Greek philosopher

C

Chaerephon

5th-century BC Greek philosopher

E

Eurymedon of Myrrhinus

husband of Plato's sister, Potone

J

Jean Yannicopoulos

French politician

M

María Gavalá

Greek film director and writer

D

Dimitri Nicolau

Italian composer (1946-2008)

D

Dromoclides

Athanasios Yiochalis

Greek association football and basketball player, basketball official

G

Georgios Fraggou

association football player (1942-2007)

N

Nikos Antoniou

Greek composer

D

Dimitrios N. Kiousis

Greek politician

T

Takis Tsoukalas

Greek presenter

N

Nasia Liagki

Greek volleyball player

Matina Nikolaou

Greek actress

Mariam Soulakiotis

Greek Orthodox (Old Calendarist) abbess and convicted serial killer (1883-1954)

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

Nearby places in Attica

• Kalyvia Thorikou
  3 mi away · pop. 12,202
• Koropi
  3.4 mi away · pop. 15,860
• Kouvaras
  4.3 mi away
• Limenas Markopoulou
  4.3 mi away
• Neos Kouvaras
  4.4 mi away
• Saint Spyridon
  4.7 mi away
• Kitsi
  5.3 mi away · pop. 3,204
• Spata
  5.5 mi away · pop. 7,738
• Keratea
  5.7 mi away · pop. 7,430
• Agia Marina
  6.2 mi away
• Agios Dimitrios
  6.6 mi away
• Paiania
  6.6 mi away · pop. 10,295

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.

Gallery

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