Kouvaras

Kouvaras

Κουβαράς
Kouvaras Κουβαράς
Settlement
	Kouvaras Location within the regional unit
	Coordinates: 37°50′N 23°58′E / 37.833°N 23.967°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Regional unit	East Attica
Municipality	Saronikos
Area
• Municipal unit	24.371 km2 (9.410 sq mi)
Elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Population (2011)
• Municipal unit	2,008
• Municipal unit density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	190 03
Area code(s)	22910
Vehicle registration	Z
Website	www.koinotita-kouvara.gr

Kouvaras (Greek: Κουβαράς) 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.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 24.371 km².^[3]

Geography

Kouvaras is situated in the southeastern part of the Attica peninsula. There are several low mountains around Kouvaras, including Mount Paneion [el] 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 and the villages of Hagia Katerina and Fussa.

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

Historical monuments

The church of St. George. A wall painting monument (1743) of George Markou the Argus, the great and prolific post-Byzantine ecclesiastic iconographer of the 18th century^[4] (".... 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

^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
^ ".:BiblioNet : Γεώργιος Μάρκου ο Αργείος / Ανδρέου, Ευάγγελος". www.biblionet.gr. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

External links

[census11-1] "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.

[Kallikratis-2] Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)

[stat01-3] "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.

[4] ".:BiblioNet : Γεώργιος Μάρκου ο Αργείος / Ανδρέου, Ευάγγελος". www.biblionet.gr. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

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