Piraeus Prefecture


Piraeus Prefecture was one of the prefectures of Greece. Created in 1964 as a separate Prefecture and after the dissolution of the prefecture in 1972 was one of the 4 prefectures of Attica prefecture, and from 1994, part of the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture. The capital of the prefecture was Piraeus. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the prefecture was abolished, and its territory was divided into two regional units: Islands and Piraeus.

History

The prefecture covered the south-western part of the agglomeration of Athens, several islands in the Saronic Gulf, Methana and Troizina on the Peloponnese peninsula, and the islands of Kythira and Antikythera south of the Peloponnese. An indication of the geographical diversity of the prefecture was the stark difference in population density between its seven mainland municipalities in the Athens urban area, which have 9,244.2 inhabitants/km2, and its detached outlying areas, which average only 85.83 inhabitants/km2.

Municipalities and communities

Provinces

Note: Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece.