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'''Atalanti''' (Greek: Αταλάντη), is a town and a municipality in [[Lokris]] in the southeastern part of the [[Phthiotis]] [[prefecture]] in [[Central Greece]]. Atalanti is the capital of the [[Lokris province]] and the second largest town in Phthiotis prefecture. Atalanti is accessed via the [[Greek National Road 1|GR-1]] ([[Athens]] - [[Lamia]] - [[Thessaloniki]]) with an interchange to the east and is also linked with the secondary GR-1. Atalanti is located east of [[Karpenisi]], ENE of [[Agrinio]], south of [[Karditsa]], west of [[Lamia]] and the [[Greek National Road 1|GR-1]]/[[E65]] and the [[E75]] as well as the [[Greek National Road 3|GR-3]] and WNW of [[Amfissa]].

==Subdivisions==

*[[Agios Vlassis (Phthiotis)|Agios Vlassis]]
*[[Palirroia (Phthiotis)|Palirria]]
*[[Skala Atalantis]]

==Municipal districts==

*'''Atalanti'''
*[[Exarchou (Phthiotis), Greece|Exarchou]]
*[[Kalapodi]]
*[[Kyparissi (Phthiotis), Greece|Kyparissi]]
**[[Efkalyptos]]
*[[Kyrtoni]] (formerly Kolakas)
*[[Megaplatanos]]
*[[Tragana]]
**[[Mikrovivos]]

==Historical population==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"11
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Year !! Population !! Change !! Municipal population !! Change 
|-
| [[1940]] || 4,041 || - || - || - 
|-
| [[1981]] || 5,562 || +1,521/+37.64% || - || - 
|-
| [[1991]] || 6,189 || +627/+11.27% || 10,240 || -
|-
| [[2001]] || 6,127 || -62/-1% || 10,367 || +127/+1.24%% 
|}

==Other==

Atalanti has schools, lyceums or middle schools, gymnasia or secondary schools, churches, a post office, banks, and squares (''plateies'').

==External links==
*[http://www.atalanti.gr Official website]
*[http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21114m/e211nm02.html Archaeological Museum of Atalanti]
*[http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=5534 Atalanti (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages] (in English and Greek)
*[http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=5535 Atalanti (community) on GTP Travel Pages] (in English and Greek)
*'''Map and aerial photos''':
**Street map: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=38.651&longitude=23.998&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest], [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=38.9395&lons1=23.114&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=38.9395,23.114 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=38.9395&lon=23.114&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite images: [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.9395,23.114&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.9395|23.114&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available

==See also==

*[[List of settlements in the Phthiotis prefecture]]

{{Credit wikipedia}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]
[[Category:Phthiotis prefecture]]

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Irlandos at 11:30, January 17, 2007