Kouvaras

Kouvaras
Kouvaras; Κουβαράς
	Kouvaras Location within the regional unit
	Coordinates: 37°50′N 23°58′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Regional unit	East Attica
Municipality	Saronikos
• Municipal unit	24.371 km2 (9.410 sq mi)
Elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipal unit	2,008
• Municipal unit density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	190 03
Area code(s)	22910
Vehicle registration	Z
Website	www.koinotita-kouvara.gr

Kouvaras (Greek: Κουβαράς) is a village and a former community in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Saronikos, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 24.371 km².[3]

Aerial view of Kalivia Thorikou, Kouvaras and Keratea as seen from the northwest

Geography

Kouvaras is situated in the southeastern part of the Attica peninsula. There are several low mountains around Kouvaras, including Mount Paneion to its southwest and Merenta to its north. It is 2 km north of Keratea, 4 km southeast of Kalyvia Thorikou and 27 km southeast of Athens city centre. The Greek National Road 89 (Gerakas - Koropi - Lavrio - Sounio) passes southwest of the town. The municipal unit Kouvaras also includes the village Neos Kouvaras (pop. 566), 1 km to the southwest and the villages of Hagia Katerina and Fussa.

Historical population

Year	Village population	Municipal unit population
1981	1,194	-
1991	928	1,369
2001	1,091	1,542
2011	1,426	2,008

Historical monuments

The church of St. George. A wall painting monument (1743) of George Markou the Argus, the great and prolific post-Byzantine ecclesiastic iconographer of the 18th century[4] (".... San Giorgio (agiografia su gli anni 1743), che si trova al paesino di Cuvara, dell 'Attica...." Evangelos Andreou http://ketlib.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/ket/849

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References

"Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
".:BiblioNet : Γεώργιος Μάρκου ο Αργείος / Ανδρέου, Ευάγγελος". www.biblionet.gr. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

External links

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[census11-1] "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.

[Kallikratis-2] Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)

[stat01-3] "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.

[4] ".:BiblioNet : Γεώργιος Μάρκου ο Αργείος / Ανδρέου, Ευάγγελος". www.biblionet.gr. Retrieved 2018-11-16.