Attica Prefecture ( el, Νομὸς Ἀττικῆς) was a

prefecture A prefecture (from the Latin ''Praefectura'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international ...

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, first established in 1833 and disestablished for the last time in 1987. The prefecture was coextensive with the present-day Attica region.

History

Attica Prefecture was first established in 1833 as

Attica and Boeotia Prefecture Attica and Boeotia Prefecture ( el, Νομὸς Ἀττικοβοιωτίας) was a prefecture of Greece. History Attica and Boeotia Prefecture was first established in 1833, abolished in 1836 and split up into Attica and Boeotia Boeotia ( ) ...

. Attica and Boeotia Prefecture was abolished in 1836 and split up into separate

Attica Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean Se ...

and

Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its ...

prefectures, then reconstituted in 1845, and subsequently split up again into separate Attica and

prefectures in the 1899 reform; the latter reform was reversed in 1909. Attica and Boeotia Prefecture finally ceased to exist in 1943, when it was again split up into Attica and Boeotia ( FEK 223Α/26-7-1943). In 1964 created the newly formed

Piraeus Prefecture Piraeus Prefecture ( 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 pre ...

and after the dissolution of the Prefecture in 1972 was one of the 4 prefectures (Νομαρχίες) of Attica prefecture. After the 1970s, according to the administrative division of 1971 and subsequent changes,In 1972, the until-then independent

was merged with Attica Prefecture ( FEK 66Α/08/05/1972). Attica Prefecture consisted of the following prefectural-level administrations (''nomarchies''): #

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

East Attica East Attica ( el, Ανατολική Αττική) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the eastern part of the urban agglomeration of Athens, and also the rural area to its east. Adm ...

Piraeus Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saroni ...

West Attica West Attica ( el, Δυτική Αττική) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the western part of the agglomeration of Athens, and the area to its west. Administration The regio ...

It was the only prefecture subdivided like this and in many contexts the sub-units were regarded as prefectures. Attica Prefecture was administered as part of

Central Greece Continental Greece ( el, Στερεά Ελλάδα, Stereá Elláda; formerly , ''Chérsos Ellás''), colloquially known as Roúmeli (Ρούμελη), is a traditional geographic region of Greece. In English, the area is usually called Central ...

until 1987, when it was established as an

administrative region Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

in its own right. With the 2010

Kallikratis plan The Kallikratis Programme ( el, Πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης, Prógramma Kallikrátis) is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010 of 2010, a major administrative reform in Greece. It brought about the second major reform of the count ...

, the Attica region's authority were redefined: since 1 January 2011, the region represents the second-level local administration.

Notes

{{Coord missing, Greece 1899 establishments in Greece Prefectures of Greece Geography of Attica States and territories disestablished in 1887 1987 disestablishments in Greece