Athens

=== Athens Urban Area<!--'Athens Urban Area', 'Athens urban area', 'Urban Area of the Capital', and 'Greater Athens' redirect here--> ===
The '''Athens Urban Area'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> ({{lang-el|Πολεοδομικό Συγκρότημα Αθηνών}}), also known as '''Urban Area of the Capital'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> ({{lang-el|Πολεοδομικό Συγκρότημα Πρωτεύουσας}}) or '''Greater Athens'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> ({{lang-el|Ευρύτερη Αθήνα}})<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA-->,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greater Athens (Greece): Municipalities – Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/greece-athens.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503034211/https://www.citypopulation.de/php/greece-athens.php |archive-date=3 May 2020 |access-date=24 May 2020 |website=citypopulation.de}}</ref> today consists of 40 municipalities, 35 of which make up what was referred to as the former [[Athens Prefecture]] municipalities, located within 4 regional units ([[North Athens (regional unit)|North Athens]], [[West Athens (regional unit)|West Athens]], [[Central Athens (regional unit)|Central Athens]], [[South Athens (regional unit)|South Athens]]); and a further 5 municipalities, which make up the former [[Piraeus Prefecture]] municipalities, located within the [[Piraeus (regional unit)|regional unit of Piraeus]] as mentioned above.

The Athens Municipality forms the core and center of Greater Athens, which in its turn consists of the Athens Municipality and 40 more municipalities, divided in four [[regional units of Greece|regional units]] (Central, North, South and West Athens), accounting for 2,611,713 people (in 2021)<ref name=census21/> within an area of {{convert|361|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=area/> Until 2010, which made up the abolished Athens Prefecture and the municipality of [[Piraeus]], the historic Athenian port, with 4 other municipalities make up the regional unit of Piraeus. The regional units of Central Athens, North Athens, South Athens, West Athens and Piraeus with part of East<ref>{{Cite web |title=Concise Statistical Yearbook of Greece 2001 page 38, National Statistical Service of Greece |url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_01_0003_00032.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701022706/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_01_0003_00032.pdf |archive-date=1 July 2019 |access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref> and West Attica<ref name="eranet.gr">{{Cite web |title=Αttikh |url=http://www.eranet.gr/geodata/el/gcitiesp_0.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629135655/http://www.eranet.gr/geodata/el/gcitiesp_0.html |archive-date=29 June 2019 |access-date=8 August 2019 |website=EraNET |language=Greek}}</ref> regional units combined make up the continuous Athens Urban Area,<ref name="eranet.gr" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Monthly Statistical Bulletin Monthly Statistical Bulletin December 2012, Hellenic Statistical Authority, page 64 |url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/MAG/GRESYE_01_0001_00821.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713060941/http://dlib.statistics.gr/MAG/GRESYE_01_0001_00821.pdf |archive-date=13 July 2020 |access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistical Yearbook of Greece 2001 page 72, National Statistical Service of Greece |url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_01_0002_00053.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701025651/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_01_0002_00053.pdf |archive-date=1 July 2019 |access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref> also called the "Urban Area of the Capital" or simply "Athens" (the most common use of the term), spanning over {{convert|412|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}},<ref name="Kallikratis">{{Cite web |title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities |url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010162605/http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q. |archive-date=10 October 2021 |access-date=9 September 2021 |publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]] |language=el}}</ref> with a population of 3,059,764 people as of 2021. The Athens Urban Area is considered to form the city of Athens as a whole, despite its administrative divisions, which is the largest in Greece and the 9th  most populated urban area in Europe.

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|+ '''Municipalities of the former Athens prefecture'''
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|'''[[Central Athens (regional unit)|Central Athens]]''': ||1. [[Municipality of Athens]] ||2. [[Dafni-Ymittos]] ||3. [[Ilioupoli]] ||4. [[Vyronas]] ||5. [[Kaisariani]] ||6. [[Zografou]] ||7. [[Galatsi]] ||8. [[Filadelfeia-Chalkidona]]
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|'''[[West Athens (regional unit)|West Athens]]''':
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|29. [[Egaleo]]
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|30. [[Agia Varvara]]
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|31. [[Chaidari]]
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|32. [[Peristeri]]
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|33. [[Petroupoli]]
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|34. [[Ilio, Greece|Ilion]]
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|35. [[Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Athens(prefecture) Municipalities g2.jpg|400px]]
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|'''[[North Athens (regional unit)|North Athens]]''':
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|9. [[Nea Ionia]]
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|10. [[Irakleio, Attica|Irakleio]]
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|11. [[Metamorfosi]]
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|12. [[Lykovrysi-Pefki]]
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|13. [[Kifissia]]
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|14. [[Penteli, Greece|Penteli]]
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|15. [[Marousi]]
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|16. [[Vrilissia]]
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|17. [[Agia Paraskevi]]
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|18. [[Papagou-Cholargos]]
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|19. [[Chalandri]]
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|20. [[Filothei-Psychiko]]
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|'''[[South Athens (regional unit)|South Athens]]''':||21. [[Glyfada]] ||22. [[Elliniko-Argyroupoli]] ||23. [[Alimos]] ||24. [[Agios Dimitrios]] ||25. [[Nea Smyrni]] ||26. [[Palaio Faliro]] ||27. [[Kallithea]] ||28. [[Moschato-Tavros]]
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|+ '''Athens Urban Area'''
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|'''[[Regional units of Greece|Regional units]]''':
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|[[Central Athens (regional unit)|Central Athens]]:<br />{{Legend0|#FFFFFF|Athens Municipality}}<br />{{Legend0|#F08080|Other municipalities}}
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|{{Legend0|#1E90FF|[[North Athens (regional unit)|North Athens]]}}
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|{{Legend0|#FFFACD|[[South Athens (regional unit)|South Athens]]}}
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|{{Legend0|#66CDAA|[[West Athens (regional unit)|West Athens]]}}
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|{{Legend0|#A0522D|[[Piraeus (regional unit)|Piraeus]]}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Athens aglomeration.svg|400px]]
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