Kouvaras
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| Kouvaras Κουβαράς |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Elevation (center): | 209 m (686 ft) |
| Government | |
| Country: | Greece |
| Periphery: | Attica |
| Prefecture: | East Attica |
| Population statistics (as of 2001[1]) | |
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| - Population: | 1,704 |
| - Area:[2] | 24.371 km² (9 sq mi) |
| - Density: | 70 /km² (181 /sq mi) |
| Codes | |
| Postal: | 190 03 |
| Area: | 22910 |
| Auto: | Z |
| Website | |
| www.koinotita-kouvara.gr | |
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Kouvaras (Greek: Κουβαράς), also Kouvara is a community of the Greek prefecture of Attica. Kouvaras is about 2 km east of the Glyka Nera-Sounio highway (GR-91 linking Glyka Nera and Sounio. Keratea is located approximately 39 to 40 km SE of Athens, S of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62), WNW of Cape Sounio and south of the Hymettus Ring.
The mountains dominate the southern and the northern parts of the municipality and consist of rocks and grasslands, forests lie in the eastern portion while the rest of the area is made up of farmlands. Agriculture and a few businesses are the most popular industry in Kavouras, the shift to urban is not common as other parts of Athens but remains about most of the population and housing was slow. Later, Kouvara became part of the Athens Metropolitan Area. Suburban housing did not affect much in Kouvaras. In the 1980s a bypass constructed southwest of Keratea and is located southwest.
Other features includes a football/soccer field hundreds lying south of the community centre and is home to the Kouvaras AC.
[edit] Other
Kouvaras has a school, a lyceum, banks, churches, a post office and squares (plateies), its nearest gymnasia or high school is in Keratea. The only other populated town in the community is Néo Kouvará (pop. 463).
[edit] Historical population
| Year | Population | Change | Municipal population | Change | Density--> |
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| 1981 | 1,194 | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 | 928 | -266/-22.28% | 1,369 | - | 56.2/km² |
| 2001 | 1,241 | +313/+33.73% | 1,704 | +335/+24.47% | 69.9/km² |
[edit] External links
- Official website (Greek)
- GTP Travel Pages (Community)
- Map and aerial photos:
- Street map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google or Yahoo! Maps
- Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
- Coordinates:
| North: Markopoulo Mesogeias | ||
| West: Kalyvia Thorikou | Kouvaras | East: Keratea |
| South: Keratea | Southeast: Keratea |
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