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! align="center" colspan="2" | Lavreotiki - Statistics
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| [[Prefecture]]: || [[Attica]]
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| [[Metropolitan area]]: || [[Athens]]
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| Location: || {{coor dms|37|42|58|N|24|3|59|E|region:GR}}

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| Population: ([[1991]])  - Total  - Density¹  - Rank||  10,293  -/km² 
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:|| [[Aegean Sea]] ([[Petalies Gulf]]) 1 m(centre) around 400 to 500 m
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 195 00
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-30-[[Greece dialing code 22920|22920]] (030-22920)-2 through 4
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| [[YPES|Municipal code]]: || 03
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| [[License plates in Greece|Car designation]]: || <code>KM</code>
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| 3-letter abbreviation: || LAV
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| Name of inhabitants: || Laurian ''sing.'', -s ''pl.''
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| Address of administration: || 1 Koutouriotou St. Lavrio 195 00

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'''Laurium''' or '''Laurion''' (''Λαύριον'', '''Thoricum''' before early [[1000s BC]], '''Ergastiri''' throughout the medieval times and the mid to late 1000s, Ergastiri is Greek for Workplace) is a town in southeastern part of [[Attica, Greece|Attica]], [[Greece]] and is one of the southernmost and the seat of the municipality of [[Lavreotiki]], famous in Classical antiquity for the silver mines which were one of the chief sources of revenue of the [[Athens|Athenian]] state, and were employed for coinage. In modern times, the town is also known as '''Lavrio''' or ''' Lavrion'''. It is a [[sea port]] of much less importance than nearby [[Piraeus]]. Today it is a suburb of [[Athens]].

Latitude: 37°42’N; Longitude: 024°04’E. The [[Time Zone]] is [[Greenwich Mean Time]] + 2 hours.

It is located about 60 km SE of Athens, SE of [[Keratea]], S of [[Porto Rafti]] and [[Nea Makri]] and N of [[Sunium|Cape Sounio]].

Laurium is situated on a bay overlooking the island of [[Makronisos]] (ancient times: Helena) in the east. The port is in the middle and gridded streets cover the residential area of Lavrio. [[Greece Interstate 91|GR-91]] runs through Lavrio and ends south in Sounio.

==Communities==

*[[Kato Sounio]] (pop. 193, ''1991'')

==Historical population==

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! Year !! Communal population !! Change !! Municipal population
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| [[1907]] || 10,007 || - || -
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| [[1981]] || 10,124 || - || -
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| [[1991]] || 8,846 || -1,278/-12.623% || 10,293
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Lavrio has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a post office, and squares ''(plateia)''.

== History ==
After the [[battle of Marathon]], [[Themistocles]] persuaded the Athenians to devote the revenue derived from the mines to shipbuilding, and thus laid the foundation of the Athenian naval power, and made possible the victory of [[Battle of Salamis|Salamis]]. The mines, which were the property of the state, were usually farmed out for a certain fixed sum and a percentage on the working; slave labour was exclusively employed. Towards the end of the [[5th century BC|5th century]] the output was diminished, partly owing to the [[Sparta]]n occupation of [[Decelea]]. But the mines continued to be worked, though Strabo records that in his time the tailings were being worked over, and [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] speaks of the mines as a thing of the past. The ancient workings, consisting of shafts and galleries for excavating the ore, and pans and other arrangements for extracting the metal, may still be seen.

The mines were still worked in the early [[20th century]] by French and Greek companies, but mainly for lead, manganese and cadmium.

The population of the modern town was 10,007 in [[1907]].

The city is now a suburb of Athens. It is now connected by the new [[Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport]] and [[Attiki Odos]]. The nearest cities are [[Sounion]], and [[Keratea]].

It used to have a nearby train station but the line in the mid to the [[20th century]] became abandoned.

The mining town of [[Laurium, Michigan]] was named after the famous Greek Laurium.

== Reference ==
* [[E Ardaillon]], "[[Les Mines du Laurion dans l'antiquite]]," No. Ixxvii. of the ''[[Bibliotheque des ecoles françaises d'Athenes et de Rome]]''.


 
<table width = 75% border = 2 align="center">
<tr><td width = 35% align="center">'''Northwest:''' [[Kapandriti]] and [[Varnavas]] (both communes)
<td width = 30% align="center">'''North:''' [[Agios Konstantinos]] (commune) and Keratea</td>
<td width = 35% align="center">'''Northeast:''' Petaldies Gulf
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td width = 10% align="center">'''West:''' [[Keratea]] </td>
<td width = 35% align="center">'''Marathon'''</td>
<td width = 30% align="center">'''East:''' Petalides Gulf<td>
<tr><td width = 35% align="center">'''Southwest''': [[Saronic Gulf]]
<td width = 30% align="center">'''South:''' Saronic Gulf</td>
<td width = 35% align="center">
</table>

==See also:==

*[[Communities of Attica]], [[List of municipalities of Attica]]

[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category:Athens]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]

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-'''Laurium''' or '''Laurion''' (''Λαύριον'', '''Thoricum''' before early [[1000s BC]], '''Ergastiri''' throughout the medieval times and the mid to late 1000s,  Ergastiri is Greek for Workplace) is a town in southeastern part of [[Attica, Greece|Attica]], [[Greece]] and is one of the southernmost and the seat of the municipality of [[Lavreotiki]], famous in Classical antiquity for the silver mines which were one of the chief sources of revenue of the [[Athens|Athenian]] state, and were employed for coinage. In modern times, the town is also known as '''[[Lavrio]]''' or ''' [[Lavrion]]'''. It is a sea port of much less importance than nearby [[Piraeus]].  Today it is a suburb of [[Athens]].
+'''Laurium''' or '''Laurion''' (''Λαύριον'', '''Thoricum''' before early [[1000s BC]], '''Ergastiri''' throughout the medieval times and the mid to late 1000s,  Ergastiri is Greek for Workplace) is a town in southeastern part of [[Attica]], [[Greece]] and is one of the southernmost and the seat of the municipality of [[Lavreotiki]], famous in Classical antiquity for the silver mines which were one of the chief sources of revenue of the [[Athens|Athenian]] state, and were employed for coinage. In modern times, the town is also known as '''[[Lavrio]]''' or ''' [[Lavrion]]'''. It is a sea port of much less importance than nearby [[Piraeus]].  Today it is a suburb of [[Athens]].
 Latitude: 37°42’N; Longitude: 024°04’E. The Time Zone is Greenwich Mean Time + 2 hours.

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 It used to have a nearby train station but the line in the mid to the [[20th century]] became abandoned.
-The mining town of [[Laurium, Michigan]] was named after the famous Greek Laurium.
+The mining town of Laurium, Michigan was named after the famous Greek Laurium.
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 == Reference ==
-* [[E Ardaillon]], "[[Les Mines du Laurion dans l'antiquite]]," No. Ixxvii. of the ''[[Bibliotheque des ecoles françaises d'Athenes et de Rome]]''.
+* E Ardaillon, "Les Mines du Laurion dans l'antiquite," No. Ixxvii. of the ''Bibliotheque des ecoles françaises d'Athenes et de Rome''.
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-'''Laurium''' or '''Laurion''' (''Λαύριον'', '''Thoricum''' before early [[1000s BC]], '''Ergastiri''' throughout the medieval times and the mid to late 1000s,  Ergastiri is Greek for Workplace) is a town in southeastern part of [[Attica, Greece|Attica]], [[Greece]] and is one of the southernmost and the seat of the municipality of [[Lavreotiki]], famous in Classical antiquity for the silver mines which were one of the chief sources of revenue of the [[Athens|Athenian]] state, and were employed for coinage. In modern times, the town is also known as '''Lavrio''' or ''' Lavrion'''. It is a [[sea port]] of much less importance than nearby [[Piraeus]].  Today it is a suburb of [[Athens]].
+'''Laurium''' or '''Laurion''' (''Λαύριον'', '''Thoricum''' before early [[1000s BC]], '''Ergastiri''' throughout the medieval times and the mid to late 1000s,  Ergastiri is Greek for Workplace) is a town in southeastern part of [[Attica, Greece|Attica]], [[Greece]] and is one of the southernmost and the seat of the municipality of [[Lavreotiki]], famous in Classical antiquity for the silver mines which were one of the chief sources of revenue of the [[Athens|Athenian]] state, and were employed for coinage. In modern times, the town is also known as '''[[Lavrio]]''' or ''' [[Lavrion]]'''. It is a sea port of much less importance than nearby [[Piraeus]].  Today it is a suburb of [[Athens]].
-Latitude: 37°42’N; Longitude: 024°04’E. The [[Time Zone]] is [[Greenwich Mean Time]] + 2 hours.
+Latitude: 37°42’N; Longitude: 024°04’E. The Time Zone is Greenwich Mean Time + 2 hours.
-It is located about 60 km SE of Athens, SE of [[Keratea]], S of [[Porto Rafti]] and [[Nea Makri]] and N of [[Sunium|Cape Sounio]].
+It is located about 60 km SE of Athens, SE of [[Keratea]], S of [[Porto Rafti]] and [[Nea Makri]] and N of Cape [[Sounio]].
 Laurium is situated on a bay overlooking the island of [[Makronisos]] (ancient times: Helena) in the east.  The port is in the middle and gridded streets cover the residential area of Lavrio.  [[Greece Interstate 91|GR-91]] runs through Lavrio and ends south in Sounio.