List of Cities in Greece

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
Rank City name Region Pop. Rank City name Region Pop.

Athens


Thessaloniki

 1 Athens Attica 3,074,160 11 Agrinio West Greece 93,930
Patras


Heraklion
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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