Pikermi (Greek: Πικέρμι) is a suburb of Athens and a former community of East Attica regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rafina-Pikermi, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 21.522 km2.[3]
Pikermi
Πικέρμι | |
|---|---|
 Center of Pikermi | |
  Pikermi Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 38°0′N 23°56′E / 38.000°N 23.933°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Attica |
| Regional unit | East Attica |
| Municipality | Rafina-Pikermi |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 21.522 km2 (8.310 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 140 m (460 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 7,707 |
| • Municipal unit density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 190 09 |
| Area code(s) | 210 |
| Vehicle registration | Z |
| Website | www.koinotita-pikermiou.gr |
Geography
editPikermi is situated at the northern edge of the Mesogaia plain, south of the Penteliko Mountain. It is 5 km east of Pallini, 6 km west of Rafina and 19 km east of Athens city centre. Greek National Road 54 (Athens - Rafina) passes through Pikermi. The municipal unit Pikermi consists of the settlements Pikermi, Drafi and Dioni.
Paleontology
editPikermi features a paleontological site which has more than forty mammal species from the late Miocene (8 million years ago). What is special about Pikermi is that it is one of the first Miocene fossil localities to be discovered. It was discovered in 1839 by Bavarian soldiers of king Otto. Since it was one of the first localities, many of the species named there are type species. The locality itself is used as the archetypal example of a 'Pikermian' chronofauna that existed from Afghanistan to the Balkans during the Late Miocene.[4] Similar fossils are found on Samos Island in Greece and Shanxi China.
Historical population
edit| Year | Village population | Community population |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 509 | - |
| 1991 | 650 | 1,293 |
| 2001 | 1,168 | 2,931 |
| 2011 | 2,009 | 7,175 |
| 2021 | 2,082 | 7,707 |
References
edit- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- ^ Denk, Thomas; Zohner, Constanin M.; Grimm, Guido W.; Renner, Susanne S. (29 October 2018). "Plant fossils reveal major biomes occupied by the late Miocene Old-World Pikermian fauna". Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2 (12): 1864–1870. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0695-z. PMID 30374173. S2CID 256704026. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
External links
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