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| name                    = Piraeus
| native_name             = Νομός Πειραιά
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| settlement_type         = Former [[Prefectures of Greece|prefecture]]
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| map_caption             = Location of Piraeus in Greece
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| map_caption1            = Location of municipalities within Piraeus Prefecture
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Greece]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Peripheries of Greece|Periphery]]
| subdivision_name1       = <!-- {{flagicon image|Bandera d'Àtica.svg}}--> [[Attica (region)|Attica]] 
| parts_type              = Subdivisions
| p1                      = 5 [[Provinces of Greece|provinces]]
| p2                      = 16 [[Communities and Municipalities of Greece|municipalities]]
| p3                      = 2 [[Communities and Municipalities of Greece|communities]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1972
| extinct_title           = Disestablished
| extinct_date            = 2010
| seat_type               = Capital
| seat                    = [[Piraeus]]
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| area_total_km2          = 929
| area_rank               = [[List of the prefectures of Greece by area|47th]]
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| population_total        = 541504
| population_as_of        = 2001
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| population_density_rank = 2nd
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| population_rank         = [[List of the prefectures of Greece by population|3rd]]
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| postal_code             = 1xx xx, 801 xx
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| area_code               = 21x, 2736
| iso_code                = GR-A4
| registration_plate      = ΥΝ
| website                 = [http://www.nomarhiapeiraia.gr/ nomarhiapeiraia.gr]
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'''Piraeus Prefecture''' ({{langx|el|Νομός Πειραιά or Νομός Πειραιώς}}) was one of the [[prefectures of Greece]]. Created in 1964 as a separate Prefecture (Νομός) and after the dissolution of the prefecture in 1972 was one of the 4 prefectures (Νομαρχίες) of [[Attica Prefecture|Attica prefecture]], and from 1994, part of the [[Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture|Athens-Piraeus]] [[Super-prefectures of Greece|super-prefecture]] (1994–2011). The capital of the prefecture was [[Piraeus]]. As a part of the 2011 [[Kallikratis Programme]], the prefecture was abolished, and its territory was divided into two regional units: [[Islands (regional unit)|Islands]] and [[Piraeus (regional unit)|Piraeus]].<ref name="Kallikratis">{{cite web |title=Law 3852/2010 (Kallikratis reform) |url=https://www.kodiko.gr/nomothesia/document/132966/nomos-3852-2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401181332/https://www.kodiko.gr/nomothesia/document/132966/nomos-3852-2010 |archive-date=2024-04-01 |access-date=2024-04-01 |language=el}}</ref>

==History==
The prefecture covered the south-western part of the agglomeration of [[Athens]], several islands in the [[Saronic Gulf]] ([[Salamis Island|Salamis]], [[Aegina]], [[Agkistri]], [[Poros]], [[Hydra, Saronic Islands|Hydra]], [[Dokos]], [[Spetses]], [[Spetsopoula]]), [[Methana]] and [[Troizina]] on the [[Peloponnese]] peninsula, and the islands of [[Kythira]] and [[Antikythera]] south of the Peloponnese. An indication of the geographical diversity of the prefecture was the stark difference in [[population density]] between its seven mainland [[Communities and Municipalities of Greece|municipalities]] in the Athens [[urban area]], which have 9,244.2 inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>, and its detached outlying areas, which average only 85.83 inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup> (and most of these on Salamis Island, at 395.40/km<sup>2</sup>, while the far-outlying parts have only 47.80/km<sup>2</sup>).{{cn|date=March 2024}}

==Municipalities and communities==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Municipality !! # on map<br/>opposite <!--Pireas nomarchia municipalities numbered.png--> !! Greek name !! Seat<br/>(if different) !! YPES code
|-
| [[Aegina]] || 3 || Αίγινα || || 4003
|-
| [[Agios Ioannis Rentis]] || 2 || Άγιος Ιωάννης Ρέντη || || 4001
|-
| [[Agkistri]] || 17 || Αγκίστρι || Megalochóri || 4002
|-
| [[Ampelakia (Salamina), Greece|Ampelakia]] || 4 || Αμπελάκια || || 4004
|-
| [[Antikythera]] || 18 || Αντικύθηρα || Potamós || 4005
|-
| [[Drapetsona]] || 5 || Δραπετσώνα || || 4006
|-
| [[Hydra (island)|Hydra]] || 16 || Ύδρα || || 4018
|-
| [[Keratsini]] || 6 || Κερατσίνι || || 4007
|-
| [[Korydallos]] || 7 || Κορυδαλλός || || 4008
|-
| [[Kythira]] || 8 || Κύθηρα || || 4009
|-
| [[Methana]] || 9 || Μέθανα || || 4010
|-
| [[Nikaia, Attica|Nikaia]] || 10 || Νίκαια || || 4011 
|-
| [[Perama]] || 11 || Πέραμα || || 4013
|-
| [[Piraeus]] || 1 || Πειραιάς || || 4012
|-
| [[Poros]] || 12 || Πόρος || || 4014
|-
| [[Salamina (city)|Salamina {{smaller|(Salamis)}}]] || 13 || Σαλαμίνα || || 4015
|-
| [[Spetses]] || 14 || Σπέτσες || || 4016
|-
| [[Troizina]] || 15 || Τροιζήνα || [[Galatas, Troizina]] || 4017
|-
|}

== Provinces ==

*Province of [[Salamis Island|Salamis]] - Salamina
*Province of [[Aegina]] - Aegina
*Province of [[Troizina|Troizinia]] - Methana
*Province of [[Hydra, Saronic Islands|Hydra]] and [[Spetses]] - Hydra
*Province of [[Kythira]] - Kythira
*Province of [[Piraeus]] - Piraeus
''Note:'' Provinces no longer hold any legal status in [[Greece]].

{{see also|List of settlements in Attica}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{in lang|el}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090831082047/http://www.nomarhiapeiraia.gr/ Official website]

{{Prefectures of Greece}}

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