Nea Makri

Nea Makri Νέα Μάκρη
Municipal unit
Nea Makri Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 38°5′N 23°59′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Regional unit	East Attica
Municipality	Marathon
Area
• Municipal unit	36.662 km^2 (14.155 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	18,114
• Municipal unit density	490/km^2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	190 05
Area code(s)	22940
Vehicle registration	Z
Website	www.marathon.gr

Nea Makri (Greek: Νέα Μάκρη) is a town in East Attica, Greece. Since the local government reform of 2011, it has been a municipal unit within the municipality of Marathon.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 36.662 km².^[3] It is part of the Athens metropolitan area.^[4]

Geography

Nea Makri is situated on the coast of the Petalioi Gulf, a gulf of the Aegean Sea, in the easternmost part of the Attica peninsula. It is 7 km north of Rafina, 8 km south of Marathon and 25 km northeast of Athens city centre. The municipal unit Nea Makri also contains the village Neos Voutzas, 5 km south of Nea Makri town centre. Greek National Road 83 (Athens - Marathon - Rafina) passes through Nea Makri.

Popular locations near Nea Makri include Zoumberi Beach and the Brexiza Wetland. It is widely known and visited due to its beaches and coastline.

History

The area was once known as Plesti, but following the 1922 Greek military disaster in Asia Minor and the subsequent expulsion of the native Greeks of Makri in Turkey, it was renamed Nea Makri (New Makri) by the refugees who settled there.

The United States Navy operated a HF radio communications base north of Nea Makri from the mid to the late 20th century. The transmitters were located further north, at Kato Souli. The call sign of the station was NGR. The American naval communications station was the deployment location for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, home-ported in Gulfport, MS.

Saint Ephraim the martyr was a monk who may have lived in the Monastery of the Annunciation in Nea Makri; it has become an important monastery in recent years and has become a site of pilgrimage for all Greeks.^[5]

Population

Year	Town population	Municipality population
1981	8,516	-
1991	12,120	13,009
2001	13,986	14,809
2011	15,554	16,670
2021	16,906	18,114

See also

• List of municipalities of Attica

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
4. "Athens Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)".
5. "Άγιος Εφραίμ (Νέας Μάκρης)". Retrieved 2021-09-03.