List of cities in Greece

The two-thirds of the Greek people live in urban areas. Greece's largest metropolitan centers 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 preliminary population figures of the latest census (2011),^[1] lists the largest cities in Greece, by population contained in their respective contiguous built up urban areas; which are either made up of many Census-designated places, evident in the cases of Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion and Volos, or are contained within a single Census-designated place, case evident in all of the other cities of the country.

Largest cities or towns in Greece Hellenic Statistical Authority 2011 census^[1]
	Rank	Name	Region	Pop.	Rank	Name	Region	Pop.
Athens Thessaloniki	1	Athens	Attica	3,090,508	11	Chalcis	Central Greece	102,223	Patras Heraklion
	2	Thessaloniki	Central Macedonia	788,952	12	Katerini	Central Macedonia	85,851
	3	Patras	Western Greece	213,984	13	Trikala	Thessaly	81,355
	4	Heraklion	Crete	173,993	14	Serres	Central Macedonia	76,816
	5	Larissa	Thessaly	162,591	15	Lamia	Central Greece	75,315
	6	Volos	Thessaly	144,449	16	Alexandroupoli	Eastern Macedonia and Thrace	72,959
	7	Rhodes	South Aegean	115,490	17	Kozani	Western Macedonia	71,388
	8	Ioannina	Epirus	112,486	18	Kavala	Eastern Macedonia and Thrace	70,501
	9	Chania	Crete	108,310	19	Kalamata	Peloponnese	69,849
	10	Agrinio	Western Greece	106,053	20	Veria	Central Macedonia	66,547

Census-Designated Places 1
References 2
See also 3
References 4
External links 5

Census-Designated Places

Athens

Thessaloniki

Patras

Piraeus

Larissa

Heraklion

Volos

Chalcis

Serres

Kavala

Chania

Rhodes (city)

Agrinio

Veria

Mytilene

Corfu (city)

The lowest level of Census-Designated Places in Greece are called oikismoi (settlements) and are the smallest continuous built-up areas with a toponym designated for the census. Although some urban CDPs form individual cities and towns (labeled in bold) the majority of them do not. They are either what make up the central districts, or suburbs (italicized), contained within the wider urban and metropolitan areas of Athens and Thessaloniki.

The list below presents every settlement (CDP) that is urban, with a population of more than 10,000 de jure (permanent) residents, using data collected from the 2011 census.^[2]^[3]

Explanation of the superscript numbers:
¹ a suburb of the Athens Urban Area, in Athens’ agglomeration/conurbation
² a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area, in Thessaloniki’s agglomeration/conurbation
³ a suburb that belongs to Piraeus regional unit, (Greater Piraeus) which is part of the Athens Urban Area.
⁴ a suburb of Athens' Metropolitan Area
⁵ a suburb of Thessaloniki's Metropolitan Area

⁷ a municipal unit of the Heraklion Urban Area, in Heraklion's agglomeration/conurbation.
⁶ a municipal unit of the Volos Urban Area, in Volos' agglomeration/conurbation.

* The settlement (CDP) of Athens is the central district of the Athens Urban Area.
* The settlement (CDP) of Thessaloniki is the central district of the Thessaloniki Urban Area.

Rank	City	Census 1991	Census 2001	Census 2011	Region
1	Athens ¹ *	772,072	745,514	664,046	Attica
2	Thessaloniki ² *	383,967	363,987	315,196	Central Macedonia
3	Patras	152,570	160,400	168,034	West Greece
4	Piraeus ^1,3	182,671	175,697	163,688	Attica
5	Larissa	112,777	124,394	144,651	Thessaly
6	Heraklion	115,270	130,914	140,730	Crete
7	Peristeri ¹	137,288	137,918	139,981	Attica
8	Kallithea ¹	114,233	109,609	100,641	Attica
9	Acharnes ¹	61,052	75,329	99,346	Attica
10	Kalamaria ²	80,698	87,255	91,279	Central Macedonia
11	Nikaia ^1,3	87,597	93,086	89,380	Attica
12	Glyfada ¹	63,306	80,409	87,305	Attica
13	Volos	77,192	82,439	86,046	Thessaly
14	Ilio ¹	78,326	80,859	84,793	Attica
15	Ilioupoli ¹	75,037	75,904	78,153	Attica
16	Keratsini ^1,3	71,982	76,102	77,077	Attica
17	Evosmos ²	28,821	52,624	74,686	Central Macedonia
18	Chalandri ¹	66,285	71,684	74,192	Attica
19	Nea Smyrni ¹	69,749	73,986	73,076	Attica
20	Marousi ¹	64,092	69,470	72,333	Attica
21	Agios Dimitrios ¹	57,574	65,173	71,294	Attica
22	Zografou ¹	80,492	76,115	71,026	Attica
23	Egaleo ¹	78,563	74,046	69,946	Attica
24	Nea Ionia ¹	60,635	66,017	67,134	Attica
25	Ioannina	56,699	61,629	65,574	Epirus
26	Palaio Faliro ¹	61,371	64,759	64,021	Attica
27	Korydallos ^1,3	63,184	67,456	63,445	Attica
28	Trikala	45,835	48,686	61,653	Thessaly
29	Vyronas ¹	58,523	61,102	61,308	Attica
30	Agia Paraskevi ¹	47,463	56,836	59,704	Attica
31	Galatsi ¹	57,230	58,042	59,345	Attica
32	Chalcis	51,646	53,584	59,125	Central Greece
33	Petroupoli ¹	38,278	48,327	58,979	Attica
34	Serres	50,017	54,266	58,287	Central Macedonia
35	Alexandroupoli	37,904	48,885	57,812	East Macedonia and Thrace
36	Xanthi	37,430	45,111	56,122	East Macedonia and Thrace
37	Katerini	43,613	50,510	55,997	Central Macedonia
38	Kalamata	43,625	49,154	54,100	Peloponnese
39	Kavala	56,571	58,663	54,027	East Macedonia and Thrace
40	Chania	50,077	53,373	53,910	Crete
41	Lamia	44,084	46,406	52,006	Central Greece
42	Komotini	37,036	43,326	50,990	East Macedonia and Thrace
43	Irakleio ¹	42,905	45,926	49,642	Attica
44	Rhodes	42,400	52,318	49,541	South Aegean
45	Kifissia ¹	39,166	43,929	47,332	Attica
46	Agrinio	39,368	42,390	46,899	West Greece
47	Stavroupoli ²	37,596	41,653	46,008	Central Macedonia
48	Chaidari ¹	44,831	45,227	45,642	Attica
49	Drama	37,604	42,501	44,823	East Macedonia and Thrace
50	Veria	37,858	42,794	43,158	Central Macedonia
51	Alimos ¹	32,024	38,047	41,720	Attica
52	Kozani	31,553	35,242	41,066	West Macedonia
53	Polichni ²	27,894	36,146	39,332	Central Macedonia
54	Karditsa	30,067	32,031	38,554	Thessaly
55	Sykies ²	34,059	41,726	37,753	Central Macedonia
56	Ampelokipoi ²	40,093	40,959	37,381	Central Macedonia
57	Pylaia ²	20,785	22,744	34,625	Central Macedonia
58	Agioi Anargyroi ¹	30,739	32,957	34,168	Attica
59	Argyroupoli ¹	31,530	33,158	34,097	Attica
60	Ano Liosia ¹	21,397	26,423	33,565	Attica
61	Nea Ionia ⁷	27,904	30,804	32,661	Thessaly
62	Rethymno	23,420	27,868	32,468	Crete
63	Ptolemaida	25,125	28,679	32,127	West Macedonia
64	Tripoli	22,429	25,520	30,866	Peloponnese
65	Cholargos ¹	33,691	32,166	30,840	Attica
66	Vrilissia ¹	16,571	25,582	30,741	Attica
67	Aspropyrgos ⁴	15,715	27,741	30,251	Attica
68	Corinth	27,412	29,787	30,176	Peloponnese
69	Gerakas ¹	8,512	13,921	29,939	Attica
70	Metamorfosi ¹	21,052	26,448	29,891	Attica
71	Giannitsa	22,504	26,296	29,789	Central Macedonia
72	Voula ¹	17,998	25,532	28,364	Attica
73	Kamatero ¹	17,410	22,234	28,361	Attica
74	Mytilene	23,971	27,247	27,871	North Aegean
75	Neapoli ²	30,568	29,995	27,084	Central Macedonia
76	Eleftherio-Kordelio ²	16,549	21,630	27,067	Central Macedonia
77	Chios	22,894	23,779	26,850	North Aegean
78	Agia Varvara ¹	28,706	30,562	26,550	Attica
79	Kaisariani ¹	26,701	26,323	26,370	Attica
80	Nea Filadelfeia ¹	25,261	24,112	25,734	Attica
81	Moschato ¹	22,039	23,153	25,441	Attica
82	Perama ^1,3	24,119	25,720	25,389	Attica
83	Salamis ³	22,567	25,730	25,370	Attica
84	Eleusina ⁴	22,793	25,863	24,910	Attica
85	Corfu	31,359	28,185	24,838	Ionian Islands
86	Pyrgos	28,465	23,274	24,359	West Greece
87	Megara	20,403	23,032	23,456	Attica
88	Kilkis	12,139	17,430	22,914	Central Macedonia
89	Dafni ¹	24,152	23,674	22,913	Attica
90	Thebes	19,505	21,211	22,883	Central Greece
91	Melissia ¹	13,469	19,526	22,741	Attica
92	Argos	21,901	24,239	22,209	Peloponnese
93	Arta	19,087	19,435	21,895	Epirus
94	Artemis ⁴	9,485	17,391	21,488	Attica
95	Livadeia	18,437	20,061	21,379	Central Greece
96	Pefki ¹	17,987	19,887	21,352	Attica
97	Oraiokastro ⁵	5,458	11,896	20,852	Central Macedonia
98	Aigio	22,178	21,061	20,422	West Greece
99	Kos	14,714	17,890	19,432	South Aegean
100	Koropi ⁴	12,790	15,860	19,164	Attica
101	Preveza	13,695	16,321	19,042	Epirus
102	Naousa	19,794	19,870	18,882	Central Macedonia
103	Orestiada	12,691	15,246	18,426	East Macedonia and Thrace
104	Peraia ⁵	2,949	13,306	18,326	Central Macedonia
105	Edessa	17,128	18,253	18,229	Central Macedonia
106	Florina	12,355	14,279	17,686	West Macedonia
107	Panorama ⁵	10,275	14,552	17,444	Central Macedonia
108	Nea Erythraia¹	12,993	15,439	17,379	Attica
109	Ellinikon¹	13,517	16,740	17,259	Attica
110	Amaliada	15,232	18,261	16,763	West Greece
111	Pallini ¹	8,021	12,552	16,415	Attica
112	Sparta	13,011	14,817	16,239	Peloponnese
113	Agios Ioannis Rentis ^1,3	14,218	15,060	16,050	Attica
114	Thermi ⁵	5,156	11,360	16,004	Central Macedonia
115	Vari ¹	8,488	10,998	15,855	Attica
116	Nea Makri ⁴	12,120	13,986	15,554	Attica
117	Tavros ¹	15,456	14,963	14,972	Attica
118	Alexandreia	12,109	13,229	14,821	Central Macedonia
119	Menemeni ²	12,932	14,910	14,746	Central Macedonia
120	Paiania ⁴	9,710	12,855	14,595	Attica
121	Kalyvia Thorikou ⁴	8,488	12,202	14,424	Attica
122	Nafplio	11,897	13,822	14,203	Peloponnese
123	Drapetsona ^1,3	13,094	12,944	13,968	Attica
124	Efkarpia ²	3,480	6,598	13,905	Central Macedonia
125	Papagou ¹	13,974	13,207	13,699	Attica
126	Nafpaktos	10,854	12,924	13,415	West Greece
127	Kastoria	14,775	14,813	13,387	West Macedonia
128	Grevena	9,345	10,177	13,137	West Macedonia
129	Pefka ⁵	2,288	6,434	13,052	Central Macedonia
130	Nea Alikarnassos ⁷	10,683	11,551	12,925	Crete
131	Missolonghi	10,916	12,225	12,785	West Greece
132	Gazi ⁷	1,395	8,018	12,606	Crete
133	Ierapetra	9,541	11,678	12,355	Crete
134	Kalymnos	10,543	10,149	12,324	South Aegean
135	Rafina ⁴	7,752	11,352	12,168	Attica
136	Loutraki	9,388	11,383	11,564	Peloponnese
137	Agios Nikolaos	8,093	10,080	11,421	Crete
138	Ermoupoli	13,030	11,799	11,407	South Aegean
139	Ialysos	7,193	10,107	11,331	South Aegean
140	Mandra ⁴	10,012	10,947	11,327	Attica
141	Tyrnavos	12,028	11,116	11,069	Thessaly
142	Glyka Nera ¹	5,813	6,623	11,049	Attica
143	Ymittos ¹	11,671	11,139	10,715	Attica
144	Neo Psychiko ¹	12,023	10,848	10,137	Attica

References

^ ^a ^b "'Πίνακας 1: Προσωρινά αποτελέσματα του Μόνιμου Πληθυσμού της Ελλάδος'" (PDF). National Statistical Service of Greece: Ανακοίνωση προσωρινών αποτελεσμάτων Απογραφής Πληθυσμού 2011, 22 Ιουλίου 2011.
^ http://www.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/BUCKET/General/A1602_SAM01_DT_DC_00_2011_02_F_EN.pdf
^ http://www.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/BUCKET/General/resident_population_census2011.xls

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