Attica Prefecture () was a

prefecture A prefecture (from the Latin word, "''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 inter ...

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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 was abolished in 1836 and split up into separate

Attica Attica (, ''Attikḗ'' (Ancient Greek) or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital city, capital of Greece and the core cit ...

and

Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (adm ...

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

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

# East Attica #

Piraeus Piraeus ( ; ; , Ancient: , Katharevousa: ) 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 Saronic Gulf in the Ath ...

West Attica West Attica () 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 regional unit West Attica is subdivi ...

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 until 1987, when it was established as an administrative region in its own right. With the 2010

Kallikratis plan The Kallikratis Programme () 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 country's administrative divisions following the 1997 Kapodistrias reform. ...

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

Notes

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