Piraeus, or Peiraeus (Modern Greek: Πειραιά(ς)
Pireá(s), Ancient Greek / Katharevousa: Πειραιεύς
Pireéfs) is a city in the prefecture of Attica,
Greece, located south of Athens. It was the port of
the ancient city of Athens (see History 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 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.
Piraeus has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, post
offices and squares (plateies). There are no
beaches.
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