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Prefecture: Attica
Metropolitan Area: Athens
Location: 37° 58′ 3″ N, 23° 37′ 12″ E
Area:
-Total
-Water
-Rank

-8 km²
Population: (2001)
 - Total
 - Density¹
 - Rank

 13,094

 about 6,547/km²
Elevation:
 -lowest:
 -centre:

Saronic Gulf
40 m(centre)
around 300 to 400 m
Postal code: 187
Area/distance code: 11-30-210 (030-210)
-460 through 469
Municipal code: 4007
Car designation: Y (prev.)
Z pres.
3-letter abbreviation: KTI (Keratsini)
Address of administration: Eleftherios Venizelos and Mikra Asias St.
Keratsini 187 56

Keratsini (Greek, Modern: Κερατσίνι, Ancient/Katharevousa -on), older forms Keratsinio and Keratsinion is a suburb in the west southwestern part of Athens, Greece. Drapetsona Bay lies to the southwest. The city is linked by a road linking to Skaramangas along with GR-8A/E94 and Athinon Avenue and along with Lambrakis Streets and Petrou Ralli Avenue to the northeast and road to Perama to the northwest. There is an interchange which is only accessed by trucks which leads into the Piraeus harbor. It is also located S of Eleusis and GR-9, SW and W of Kifissou Avenue (GR-1/E75, about 14 km WSW of Athens, W of Poseidonos Avenue and Syngrou Avenue and about 4 km NW of downtown Piraeus. Jump to: navigation, search Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: νομοί, νομός)): See also List of the prefectures of Greece by area List of the prefectures of Greece by population density List of the prefectures of... Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attike;; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. ... A metropolis (in Greek metera = mother and polis = city/town) is a major city, which is an economical and cultural center for some country, and usually a hub for its international connections. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Saronic Gulf or Gulf of Aegina in Greece forms part of the Aegean Sea and defines the eastern side of the isthmus of Corinth. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... Dialing code 210 is an area code used in the Athens-Piraeus and Eleusis areas. ... The National Statistical Service of Greece (NSSG) is a General Secretariat of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance with more than 1100 employees. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... Katharevousa (Greek Καθαρεύουσα, IPA //) is a form of the Greek language, created during the early 19th century by Adamantios Korais (1748-1833). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... Greece Interstate 8 is an old highway linking the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. ... The E94 is part of the international E-road network, which is a series of main roads in the European Union. ... Eleusis (Game) The cardgame invented by Robert Abbott in 1962, and later popularized in 1977 by Martin Gardner in his Mathematical Games column in Scientific American magazine. ... Greece Interstate 1 is one of the longest highways in Greece. ... The E75 is part of the Trans European Road Network, which is a series of main roads in the European Union. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... Jump to: navigation, search View of Piraeus A night ferry about to leave the port of Piraeus for the Dodecanese Piraeus, or Peiraeus (Modern Greek: Πειραιάς Peiraiás or Pireás, Ancient Greek / Katharevousa: Πειραιεύς Pireéfs) is a city in the prefecture of Attica, Greece, located south of Athens. ...


The area was made up of farmlands. Mixed farming was common. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands between the 1930s and the 1950s. Today, most of the municipality are urbanized or residential. The rocky landscape of Aigaleo with a few bushes lie to the north. The mountaintop is to the northeast and the valley is to the northwest. The industrial lies to the southwest with most of the buildings as the port of Piraeus. The area which was used for mining in the 1960s transformed the area into a park. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the... Aegaleo (Greek Αιγάλεω Aig leo, Latin Aegaleus), also Aigaleo and Egaleo, is a mountain in Greece. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...


Other

Keratsini has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a police station, a post office, a tertiary division soccer team named Keratsini which is also called KERTS and squares (plateies) including one in the northwest. The current mayor is Dimitris Sarafoglou, who had also been mayor from 1979 to 1994. Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...


Historical population

Year Municipal population Change Density
1981 74,179 - about 9,272.38/km²
1991 71,982 -2,197/-2..96% about 8,997.5/km²

1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

  • Mapquest - Keratsini, street map not yet available
  • http://keratsinion.gr.citytron.com
  • in Greek:
    • News article:
      • http://news.pathfinder.gr/greece/news/166054.html
  • http://www.keratsini.gr/ official site of the municipality




td> North: Chaidari
West: Perama Keratsini East: Nikaia
South: Drapetsona Southeast: Piraeus
Municipalities and communities of the Attica periphery
Municipalities of the Athens prefectural sect
Agia Varvara | Agia Paraskevi | Agioi Anargyroi | Agios Dimitrios | Athens | Aigaleo | Alimos | Amarousi | Argyroupoli | Chaidari | Chalandri | Cholargos | Dafni | Ellinikon | Filothei | Galatsi | Glyfada | Heraklio | Ilio | Ilioupoli | Kaisariani | Kallithea | Kamatero | Kifissia | Lykovryssi | Melissia | Metamorfosi | Moschato | Nea Chalkidona | Nea Erythraia | Nea Ionia | Nea Filadelfeia | Nea Smyrni | Neo Psychiko | Palaio Faliro | Papagou | Pefki | Peristeri | Petroupoli | Psychiko | Tavros | Vrilissia | Vyronas | Ymittos | Zografou
Communities of the Athens prefectural sect
Ekali | Nea Penteli | Penteli
Municipalities of East Attica
Acharnes | Agios Stefanos | Artemida | Avlona | Gerakas | Glyka Nera | Kalyvia Thorikou | Keratea | Kropia | Lavreotiki | Marathon | Markopoulo Mesogeias | Nea Makri | Paiania | Pallini | Rafina | Spata | Vari | Vouliagmeni | Voula
Communities of East Attica
Afidnes | Agios Konstantinos | Anavyssos | Anixi | Anthousa | Dionysos | Drosia | Grammatiko | Kalamos | Kapandriti | Kouvaras | Kryoneri | Malakasa | Markopoulo Oropou | Nea Palatia | Oropos | Palaia Fokaia | Pikermi | Polydendri | Rodopoli | Saronida | Skala Oropou | Stamata | Sykamino | Thrakomakedones | Varnava
Municipalities of the Piraeus prefectural sect
Aegina | Agios Ioannis Rentis | Ampelakia | Drapetsona | Hydra | Keratsini |Korydallos | Kythira | Methana | Nikaia | Perama | Piraeus | Poros | Salamina | Spetses | Troizina
Communities of the Piraeus prefectural sect
Agkistri | Antikythira
Municipalities of West Attica
Ano Liosia | Aspropyrgos | Eleusis | Erythres | Fyli | Mandra | Megara | Nea Peramos | Vilia | Zefyri
Communities of West Attica
Magoula | Oinoi

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The Dogs of Keratsini (664 words)
She regularly gives treatment to those who need it (if they are not too nervous and unapproachable) and we help by supplying medicines, pay for veterinary treatment when needed and for blood tests for those dogs which are sent abroad for adoption.
Mario is not a youngster and nobody knows how he ended up in Keratsini or how long he had been there, though judging by his mistrust of humans and the many old scars on his body, he had a good reason to be wary.
They were slowly adapting to their new lives, though it would be several weeks before they were ready to be rehomed.
|~~~ Noah´s Ark - Crete ~~~| (915 words)
Poor, dirty, ugly and a hotbed of dodgy dealings, Keratsini is home to an estimated 500 or so stray dogs, around 150 of which live their short lives on the docks among the visiting cargo ships.
Visiting Keratsini for the first time, writes Nafsika Korneliou, one of the dedicated volunteers to accompany Kolaiti-Tselenti on feeding rounds of the harbour, "was one of the most painful experiences of my life.
For the past year the municipality has been giving a sum of money [said to be in the area of 2 million drs (nearly 6,000 euros)] to someone to get the dogs sterilised, but we have seen absolutely no evidence of this happening," he continues.
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