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'''Piraeus''', or '''Peiraeus''' (Modern Greek: Πειραιά(ς) ς ''Pireá(s)Pireás'', Ancient Greek / [[Katharevousa]]: Πειραιεύς ''Pireéfs'') is a city in the [[Attica prefecture]], [[Greece]], located south of [[Athens]]. It was the port of the ancient city of Athens, and was chosen to serve as the modern port when Athens was re-founded in [[1834]]. Piraeus remains a major shipping and industrial centre, and is the terminus for Line 1 (the "green line"), the electric train service now incorporated into the [[Athens Metro]].
The population of the ''demos'' (municipality) of Piraeus is 175,697 (2001). The ''nomarchia'' of Piraeus, which includes the surrounding land and some of the islands of the [[Saronic Gulf]], has a population of 541,504 (2001). It consists of a rocky promontory, containing three natural harbours, a large one on the north-west which is an important commercial harbour for the eastern [[Mediterranean Sea]], and two smaller ones - [[Pasalimani]] and [[Tourkolimano]] - used for naval purposes. The port serves ferry routes to almost every island in the eastern portion of Greece, the island of [[Crete]], the [[Cyclades]], the [[Dodecanese]], and much of the northern and the eastern [[Aegean]]. The western part of the port is used for cargo services and covers a huge area. Much of that part of the harbour is in suburban [[Drapetsona]].
==History==
==Historical population==
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The municipality of Piraeus once had over 200,000 inhabitants. The population has declined by 10% over the last 20 years, although the decline slowed between 1991 and 2001.
==Sections==
*[[Agios Neilos (Piraeus)|Agios Neilos]]
*[[Agia Sophia (Piraeus)|Agia Sophia]]
*[[Agios Vasilios (Piraeus)|Agios Vasilios]]
*[[Gouva tou Vavoula]]
*[[Hatzikyriakio]]
*[[Kallipolis (Piraeus)|Kallipolis]]
*[[Kaminia]]
*[[Kastella]]
*[[Karavas]]
*[[Neo Phaliro]]
*[[Tabouria]]
*[[Terpsithea (Piraeus)|Terpsithea]]
==Suburbs==
*[[Perama]]
*[[Drapetsona]]
*[[Nikaia]]
*[[Korydallos]]
*[[Agios Ioannis Rentis]]
*[[Neo PhaliroKeratsini]]
==Persons==
*[[Dimitris Gogos]] ([[1903]] - [[1985]]), a Greek musician
*[[Christos Levantas]] ([[1904]] - [[1974]])
*The Andrianopoulos brothers, founders of the Olympiacos Olympiakos sporting club
*[[Markos Vamvakaris]] ([[1905]] - [[February 8]], [[1972]]), a Greek musician
*[[Mimis Traiforos]], ([[1912]] - [[1998]]) songwriter
*[[Spiros Zagoreos]] ([[1928]] - , [[laika]] singer
*[[Dimitris Papamichael]] ([[1931]] - [[August 8]], [[2004]])
*[[Petros Anagnostakis]] ([[1933]] - [[June 1]], [[1995]]), [[laika]] singer
*[[Elias Yfantis]], ([[1936]] - ),footballer
*[[Yiannis Kyrastas]] ([[1951]] - [[April 1]], [[2004]])
==Historical mayors of Piraeus==
*[[Kyriakos Serfiotis]]*[[Petros Omiridis]]*[[Antonios Theocharis]]*[[Loukas Rallis]]*[[Dimitrios Moutzopoulos]]*[[Tryfon Moutzopoulos]]*[[Theodoros Retsinas]]*[[Pavlos Damalas]]*[[Anastasios Panagiotopoulos]]*[[Michail Rinopoulos]]*[[Michalis Manoussos]]*[[Sotirios Stratigis]]*[[Konstantinos Tsiakos]]*[[Pavlos Dentidakis]]*[[Alexandros Foifas]]*[[Evangelos Kolokouris]]
*[[Giorgos Andrianopoulos]]
*[[Dimitrios Sapounakis]]*[[Georgios Kyriakakos]]*[[Aristides SkilitsisSkylitsis]]*[[Vasilios Zeppos]]*[[Anastasios Voulodimos]]*[[Yiannis Papaspyrou]]
*[[Andreas Andrianopoulos]]
*[[Georgios Stratigos]]
*[[Stelios Logothetis]]
*[[Christos Agrapidis]] *[[Panagiotis Fasoulas]]*[[Vasilis Michaloliakos]] - incumbent
==Sports teams==
*[[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]]
*[[Proodeftiki FC|Proodeftiki]] - [[Football C Division|C Division]]*[[Ethnikos FC|Ethnikos]] - [[Football D Division|D Division]]*[[Ionikos FC|Ionikos]] - [[Football D Division|D Division]]*[[Atromitos Piraeus FC|Atromitos Piraeus]] - [[Football D Division|D Division]]*[[Argonautis Piraeus FC|Argonautis Piraeus]] - Local league
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[[Category:Piraeus|Piraeus]]
