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Kouvaras

Field	Value
name	Kouvaras
name_local	Κουβαράς
type	municipal unit
image_map	DE Kouvara.svg
map_caption	Location within the regional unit
periph	Attica
periphunit	East Attica
municipality	Saronikos
pop_municunit	1932
population_as_of	2021
area_municunit	24.371
elevation	209
coordinates
postal_code	190 03
area_code	22910
licence	Z
website	www.koinotita-kouvara.gr

Aerial view of [[Kalivia Thorikou]], Kouvaras and [[Keratea]] as seen from the northwest

Kouvaras () is a village and a former community in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Saronikos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 24.371 km2.

Geography

Kouvaras is situated in the southeastern part of the Attica peninsula. There are several low mountains around Kouvaras, including to its southwest and Merenta to its north. It is 2 km north of Keratea, 4 km southeast of Kalyvia Thorikou and 27 km southeast of Athens city centre. The Greek National Road 89 (Gerakas - Koropi - Lavrio - Sounio) passes southwest of the town. The municipal unit Kouvaras also includes the village Neos Kouvaras (pop. 566), 1 km to the southwest.

Historical population

Year	Village population	Municipal unit population
1981	1,194	-
1991	928	1,369
2001	1,091	1,542
2011	1,426	2,008
2021	1,341	1,932

Historical monuments

The church of St. George. A wall painting monument (1743) of Georgios Markou the Argus, the great and prolific post-Byzantine ecclesiastic iconographer of the 18th century (".... San Giorgio (agiografia su gli anni 1743), che si trova al paesino di Cuvara, dell 'Attica...." Evangelos Andreou http://ketlib.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/ket/849

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.
".:BiblioNet : Γεώργιος Μάρκου ο Αργείος / Ανδρέου, Ευάγγελος".

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