Varnavas ( el, Βαρνάβας "

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") is a town in

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 ...

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

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, of which it is a municipal unit. It is part of Athens metropolitan area.

Geography

Varnavas is situated in the hills of northeastern Attica. The main land use is agriculture. The nearest towns are

Kapandriti Kapandriti ( el, Καπανδρίτι) is a town in the north of East Attica in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 36.789 k ...

(4 km west) and

Grammatiko Grammatiko ( el, Γραμματικό) is a village in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Marathon, of which it is a municipal unit. It is part of Athens metropolitan area. Geography Gram ...

(4 km southeast). It is 8 km northwest of Marathon and 32 km northeast of the center of

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. Landmarks include the Historic People's Museum of Varnavas (''Istoriko Laografiko Mouseio Varnava''). The municipal unit has a land area of and a total population of 2,081 inhabitants (2011). Its other settlements are Agía Paraskeví (pop. 244), Ágioi Dimítrios kai Panteleímon (189), Moní Metamorfóseos Sotíros (136), Ágios Ioánnis (81), Pouríthi (66), Moní Panagías (32), and Limniónas (7).

Historical population

Varnavas has historically been an

Arvanite Arvanites (; Arvanitika: , or , ; Greek: , ) are a bilingual population group in Greece of Albanian origin. They traditionally speak Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek. Their ancestors were first recorded as sett ...

settlement.

References

External links

Official website

GTP Travel Pages (Community)
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