List Of Cities In Greece
Almost two-thirds of the Greek people live in urban areas. Greece's largest metropolitan centres and most influential urban areas, are those of Athens and Thessaloniki, with metropolitan populations of approximately 4 million and 1 million inhabitants respectively. The table below, using the latest population figures, lists the largest cities in Greece, by population contained in their respective contiguous built up urban areas; which are either made up of many municipalities, evident in the cases of Athens and Thessaloniki, or are contained within a larger single municipality, case evident in most of the smaller cities of the country.
Largest cities or towns of Greece Hellenic Statistical Authority 2011 census |
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Rank | City name | Region | Pop. | Rank | City name | Region | Pop. | ||
Athens
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1 | Athens | Attica | 3,074,160 | 11 | Agrinio | West Greece | 93,930 | Patras
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2 | Thessaloniki | C. Macedonia | 790,824 | 12 | Katerini | C. Macedonia | 86,170 | ||
3 | Patras | West Greece | 214,580 | 13 | Trikala | Thessaly | 80,900 | ||
4 | Heraklion | Crete | 173,450 | 14 | Serres | C. Macedonia | 76,240 | ||
5 | Larissa | Thessaly | 163,380 | 15 | Lamia | Central Greece | 74,720 | ||
6 | Volos | Thessaly | 144,420 | 16 | Alexandroupoli | E. Macedonia/Thrace | 72,750 | ||
7 | Rhodes | South Aegean | 118,623 | 17 | Kozani | W. Macedonia | 70,420 | ||
8 | Ioannina | Epirus | 111,740 | 18 | Kavala | E. Macedonia/Thrace | 70,360 | ||
9 | Chania | Crete | 108,310 | 19 | Kalamata | Peloponnese | 70,130 | ||
10 | Chalcis | Central Greece | 102,420 | 20 | Veria | C. Macedonia | 66,630 |
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