Keratea () is a town in

East Attica East Attica () 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. Administration The regional unit East ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Lavreotiki Lavreotiki is a Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality at the southeasternnmost tip of the Attica peninsula in the Greece, Greek regional unit of East Attica. Its municipal seat is the town of Laurium (''Lavrio''). It is historica ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 129.864 km². It is part of Athens metropolitan area.

Geography

Keratea is situated in the hills in the southeastern part of the

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peninsula, 6 km west of the

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coast, at about 200 m elevation. It lies at the northern foot of . It is 5 km southeast of Kalyvia Thorikou, 12 km northwest of Lavrio and 29 km southeast of

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city centre. Greek National Road 89 (Gerakas - Koropi - Lavrio - Sounio) passes through Keratea. In antiquity, the area of present Keratea was part of the

deme In Ancient Greece, a deme or (, plural: ''demoi'', δήμοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Classical Athens, Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside existed in the 6th century BC and earlier, bu ...

Cephale, of the

phyle ''Phyle'' (, ; pl. ''phylai'', ; derived from Greek , ''phyesthai'' ) is an ancient Greek term for tribe or clan. Members of the same ''phyle'' were known as ''symphyletai'' () meaning 'fellow tribesmen'. During the late 6th century BC, Cleist ...

Acamantis Acamantis () was one of the phyle, phylai (tribes) of classical Athens, created during the reforms of Cleisthenes. It was named after the legendary hero Acamas, son of Theseus, Acamas, and included the demes of Holargos, Cholargos, Eiresidai, Herm ...

in Mesogeia area of Ancient Athens. The municipal unit Keratea consists of the town Keratea proper and 62 other settlements, including Kaki Thalassa and Pefka.

Historical population

The town has historically been an Arvanite settlement.

Historical monuments

The church of St. Athanasius (Kronizes). A wall painting monument (1744) of George Markou the Argus, the great and prolific post-Byzantine ecclesiastic iconographer of the 18th century (''"....'' ''Il Santo Athanasio, che si trova alla Regione Cronizes di Kerateas dell 'Attica...."'' ''Evangelos Andreou'' http://ketlib.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/ket/849 )

Sports

Keratea hosts the sport teams Keravnos Keratea F.C., one of the most successful East Attica football clubs, and the multi-sport G.S. Kerateas (Gymnastikos Syllogos Kerateas), the women's volleyball team has represent the town in Greek A1 Division for several years.

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