East Attica () is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the eastern part of the urban agglomeration of Athens, and also the rural area to its east.
Administration
The regional unit East Attica is subdivided into 13 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):
Acharnes (2) Dionysos (4) Kropia (5) Lavreotiki (6) Marathon (Marathonas, 7) Markopoulo Mesogaias (8) Oropos (13) Paiania (9) Pallini (1) Rafina-Pikermi (10) Saronikos (11) Spata-Artemida (12) Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni (3)
With respect to parliamentary elections East Attica belongs to the electoral district of Attica.
Prefecture
As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit East Attica was created out of the former prefecture East Attica (). The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.
New municipality Old municipalities Seat Acharnes Acharnes AcharnesThrakomakedonesDionysos Dionysos Agios StefanosAgios StefanosAnoixiDrosiaKryoneri Rodopoli StamataKropiaKropiaKoropiLavreotiki Lavreotiki LauriumAgios Konstantinos Keratea Marathon Marathon MarathonGrammatiko Nea Makri Varnavas Markopoulo MesogaiasMarkopoulo Mesogaias Markopoulo Oropos Afidnes OroposAvlona Kalamos Kapandriti Malakasa Markopoulo Oropou Oropioi PolydendriSykamino Paiania Paiania PaianiaGlyka Nera Pallini Pallini GerakasAnthousa Gerakas Rafina-Pikermi Rafina RafinaPikermi Saronikos Anavyssos Kalyvia Thorikou Kalyvia Thorikou Kouvaras Palaia Fokaia SaronidaSpata-Artemida Artemida SpataSpata-Loutsa Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni Vari VoulaVoulaVouliagmeni
Provinces Before the abolishment of the provinces of Greece in 2006, part of the East Attica prefecture was in the Attica Province, which also covered part of West Attica.
See also List of settlements in Attica
References
External links Official website