Piraeus
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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Vacancies
in Piraeus
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