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Encyclopedia > Palaia Fokaia
Statistics
Prefecture: Attica
Metropolitan Area: Athens
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:

37.943 (37°43'6") N lat.
23.817 (23°56'45") E long.
Population: (1991)
 - Total
 - Density
 - Rank

2,051


Elevation:
 -lowest:
 -centre:

Saronic Gulf
6 m (centre)
northern part
Postal code: 190 13 (most addresses)
Area/distance code: 11-(00)30-29910-3
Municipal code: 0335
Car designation: Y (prev.)
Z pres.
3-letter abbreviation: FKA (Palaia Fokaia)
Address of administration: Souniou Avenue and Agiou Georgiou Street
Palaia Fokaia 190 13

Palaia Fokaia (Greek: Πάλαια Φώκαια meaning Old Phocaea), also Palea Fokea is a community and a suburban town in southeastern Attica. Palaia Fokaia is located approximately 40 km SE of Athens, S of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62) and NW of Cape Sounio and south of the Hymettus Ring. Voula is linked with Souniou Avenue (GR-89) and is the southernmost of the 4-lane highway and is also served with another road northeast to Kalyvia Thorikou and Keratea. 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 Greece by population External... 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. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... The E. Venizelos Athens International Airport The Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, which began operation in March 2001, serves the city of Athens in Greece. ... Attiki Odos (Greek: Αττική Οδος) is a private-owned superhighway in Greece. ... Cape Sounion, looking out to the Aegean islands The cape of Sounion or Sounio, previously known as Sunium (in ancient Greek Σούνιον) is located 65 kilometres south-east of Athens, in Attica. ...


The mountains cover the eastern part of the municipality consisting of rocks and grasslands, forests lie to the east and some to the north, the rest of the area are covered with farmlands including one further northwest and residential buildings. Tourism and businesses are the most popular industry in Palaia Fokaia after shifting from rural. Rocky seashore dominates the southern part. The area is almost slopey except for the northwest which is mainly flat.


The town has restaurants, shops, bars and taverns within the beach and the main highway. Trees surround the coastline from the junction down to the eastern part. A park in a shape of almost a triangle is in the centre of the area and a beach lies to the west and an amusement park used mainly in the weekends lies to the northwest. Municipally it includes the rocky terrain which dominates as far south as west of Sounio and are made up of rocky mountains and includes the small rocky ande deforested unhabited island of Patroklos (Νήσι Πατρόκλου Nisou Patroklou) In Greek mythology, Patroclus, or Pátroklos (gr. ...


The population were rural until the 1960s suburban housing popped up in the 1980s and the 1990s which most of the population are urban. Farmlands used to dominate the northern part and within the Saronic. Later, Palaia Fokaia became part of the Athens Metropolitan Area. In the mid to late 20th century, another 2 lanes were added to the seashore highway and ended near the centre of Palaia Fokaia. Hotels also cover the coastline. 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. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

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Palaia Fokaia has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, churches, a post office and squares (plateies). Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...


Historical population

Year Population Change Communal population Change
1981 1,430 - - -
1991 1,631 201/14.0559% 2,051 -

1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

  • http://www.greece-athens.com/place.php?id=66
  • Panoramic photos of Palaia Fokaia
  • Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean, in Greek
  • Greek Travel Pages
  • Map and aerial photos:
  • Coordinates: 23° 56´45“N, 37° 43´6“W




Northwest: Anavyssos North: Kalyvia Thorikou Northeast: Keratea
West: Saronic Gulf Palaia Fokaia East: Lavreotiki
Southwest: Saronic Gulf South: Vouliagmeni

Anavyssos, also Anavissos, Anavysos, Anavisos (Greek: Ανάβυσσος, until the 1990s, Anavissos) is a suburban Athens town in southern Attica, and NW of Sunion. ... Kalyvia Thorikou or Kalivia Thorikou (Greek: Καλύβια Θορικού) to avoid confusion with Kalyvia several kilometres southwest by the shoreline is a municipality and a suburban town in southeastern Attica, approximately 35 km SE of Athens, S of Rafina, S of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, ESE of the Attiki Odos (numbers 6... Keratea (Greek: Κερατέα) is a municipality of the Greek prefecture of Attica. ... 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. ... Laurium or Laurion (Λαύριον, Thoricum before early 1000s BC, Ergastiri throughout the medieval times and the mid to late 1000s, Ergastiri is Greek for Workplace) is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greece and is one of the southernmost and the seat of the municipality of Laverotiki, famous in... There is a village named Vouliagmeni in the prefecture of Ilia, see Vouliagmeni (Ilia), Greece. ...

See also:

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

  Results from FactBites:
 
Palaia Fokaia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (462 words)
Palaia Fokaia is located approximately 40 km SE of Athens, S of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62), NW of Cape Sounio and south of the Hymettus Ring.
Palaia Fokaia is linked with Souniou Avenue (GR-89) and is the southmost point of the 4-lane portion of this highway.
A park in a shape of almost a triangle is in the centre of the area and a beach lies to the west and an amusement park used mainly in the weekends lies to the northwest.
Palaia Fokaia at AllExperts (427 words)
Voula is linked with Souniou Avenue (GR-89) and is the southernmost of the 4-lane highway and is also served with another road northeast to Kalyvia Thorikou and Keratea.
The mountains cover the eastern part of the municipality consisting of rocks and grasslands, forests lie to the east and some to the north, the rest of the area are covered with farmlands including one further northwest and residential buildings.
In the mid to late 20th century, another 2 lanes were added to the seashore highway and ended near the centre of Palaia Fokaia.
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