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Kalyvia Thorikou

Field	Value
name	Kalyvia Thorikou
name_local	Καλύβια Θορικού
type	municipal unit
image_map	DE Kalyvion Thorikou.svg
map_caption	Location within the regional unit
periph	Attica
periphunit	East Attica
municipality	Saronikos
pop_municunit	15486
population_as_of	2021
area_municunit	70.636
elevation	110
coordinates
postal_code	190 10
area_code	22990
licence	Z
website	www.kalivia.gr

Kalyvia Thorikou () is a town and a former municipality in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Saronikos, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 70.636 km2. The town has historically been an Arvanite settlement.

Geography

Panagia Mesosporitissa (Byzantine church)

Kalyvia Thorikou consists of two distinct parts: the main inland town Kalyvia and the coastal settlement, which is also referred to as Lagonisi. Kalyvia proper is situated on the south side of the Mesogaia plain, in the southeastern part of the Attica peninsula. There are several low mountains around Kalyvia Thorikou, including to its south and Merenta to its northeast. Kalyvia Thorikou is 7 km northeast from the Saronic Gulf coast at Lagonisi, 5 km south of Markopoulo Mesogaias, 6 km northwest of Keratea and 24 km southeast of Athens city centre. The Greek National Road 89 (Gerakas - Koropi - Lavrio - Sounio) passes east of the town.

Notable people

Athena Manoukian, singer

Sister cities

FRA Garons
CYP Mesa Geitonia
ITA Villa Castelli

References

"ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
(2019). "Dialectical Modern Greek Influences on Arvanitika". National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

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