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Rafina

Town in Attica, Greece

Field	Value
name	Rafina
name_local	Ραφήνα
type	municipal unit
image_map	DE Rafinas.svg
map_caption	Location within the regional unit
image_skyline	Aerial view of Rafina Harbour 20.02.2009 12-20-04.JPG
caption_skyline	Aerial view of Rafina's harbour
coordinates
elevation	29
periph	Attica
periphunit	East Attica
municipality	Rafina-Pikermi
population_as_of	2021
pop_municunit	14620
area_municunit	18.979
postal_code	190 09
area_code	22940
licence	Z
website	www.rafina.gr

Rafina () is a suburban port town located on the eastern coast of Attica in Greece. It has a population of 14,620 inhabitants (2021 census). The municipal unit has an area of 18.979 km2. It is part of the Athens metropolitan area.

Geography

Rafina lies on the Aegean Sea coast, east of Mount Pentelicus and northeast of the Mesogaia plain. It is 5 km north of Artemida, 7 km south of Nea Makri and 25 km east of Athens city centre. The municipal unit of Rafina contains, besides the city itself, a large portion of the surrounding area, which is mostly woodland and farmland. The only other town is Kallitechnoupoli.

Rafina is a port town serving ferries to the southern part of Euboea as well as most of the Cyclades. Its port acts as the second port of Athens, after the Athens' port of Piraeus.

History

Rafina suffered damage from a forest fire in July 2005 and again in 2018.

Historical population

Year	Town population	Municipality population
1981	4,994	–
1991	8,282	8,611
2001	10,173	10,701
2011	12,168	13,091
2021	13,604	14,620

Culture

Sports

Rafina is the seat of two football clubs with presence in third national division (Gamma Ethniki), Triglia Rafina club founded in 1932 by refugees, and Thyella Rafina club founded in 1957.

Sport clubs based in Rafina	Club	Founded	Sports	Achievements
Triglia Rafina F.C.	1932	Football	Presence in Gamma Ethniki
Thyella Rafina F.C.	1957	Football	Presence in Gamma Ethniki

Notable residents

Robert Pires (French footballer)
Kostas Karamanlis, former Greek prime minister
Simon Rrumbullaku Albanian-Greek football player.

International relations

Rafina is twinned with:

CYP Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
TUR Tirilye, Turkey
GRE Triglia, Chalkidiki

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.
NWC. "Map of Athens: offline map and detailed map of Athens city".
"Athens Population 2021 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)".
(27 August 2013). "Robert Pires spotted at Greek football match, invited to play, scores – video". The Guardian.
"Twinnings". Central Union of Municipalities & Communities of Greece.
[http://www.mudanya.gen.tr/guncel-haber/77-mudanya-kent-haberleri/199-zeytinbagi-trilye-rum-misafirlerini-agirladi.html Zeytinbağı (Trilye) Rum Misafirlerini Ağırladı] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-10-06 {{in lang). tr

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