Keratsini
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]
Keratsini Κερατσίνι | |
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 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)[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 |
Geografie eedit
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
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
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
| Year | Municipality |
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| 1981 | 74,179 |
| 1991 | 71,982 |
| 2001 | 76,102 |
Internaitional relations eedit
Twin touns — Sister ceeties eedit
Keratsini is twinned wi:
References eedit
- ↑ 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
- 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)