West Attica

West Attica

Περιφερειακή ενότητα
Δυτικής Αττικής
West Attica Περιφερειακή ενότητα; Δυτικής Αττικής
Regional unit
	Municipalities of West Attica
	West Attica West Attica within Greece
	Coordinates: 38°2′N 23°32′E / 38.033°N 23.533°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Seat	Elefsina
Area
• Total	1,004 km2 (388 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	165,540
• Density	160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	1xx xx
Area code(s)	210, 22960, 22630
Vehicle registration	ΥΡ, ΥΤ, ΖΤ

West Attica (Greek: Δυτική Αττική) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the western part of the agglomeration of Athens, and the area to its west.

Administration

The regional unit West Attica is subdivided into 5 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):^[2]

With respect to parliamentary elections West Attica belongs to the electoral district of Attica.

Prefecture

As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit West Attica was created out of the former prefecture West Attica (Greek: νομαρχία Δυτικής Αττικής). The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.^[2]

New municipality	Old municipalities	Seat
Aspropyrgos	Aspropyrgos	Aspropyrgos
Elefsina	Elefsina	Elefsina
Elefsina	Magoula	Elefsina
Fyli	Fyli	Ano Liosia
	Ano Liosia
	Zefyri
Mandra-Eidyllia	Mandra	Mandra
	Erythres
	Oinoi
	Vilia
Megara	Megara	Megara
Megara	Nea Peramos	Megara

Provinces

There were two provinces in the prefecture of West Attica: Megarida, and the Attica Province (most of which was part of East Attica).^[3] They were abolished in 2006.

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). (39 MB) (in Greek and French)

External links

[census21-1] "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.

[Kallikratis-2] "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.

[census91-3] "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). (39 MB) (in Greek and French)

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