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Agios Konstantinos, East Attica




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Agios Konstantinos is Greek for the name, Saint Constantine. It is a community of the Greek prefecture of East Attica. Agios Konstantinos is about 2 kilometers east of the Glyka Nera-Sounio highway GR-91 linking Glyka Nera and Sounio. Keratea is located approximately 48 kilometers southeast of Athens, east-southeast of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos, numbers 6 and 62, and north of Cape Sounio. In the ancient times, the area was known as Maronia and the previous name was Kamariza. Agios Konstantinos had a population of 687 residents in 2001and it lies situated at an elevation of 154 meters above sea level.

The mountains dominates the northern, the southern the western and the eastern parts of the municipality and consists of rocks and grasslands, forests lies in parts of the area and in the central part and the valley areas are farmlands. Agriculture and a few businesses are the most popular industry in Agios Konstantinos. It is famous for its mining areas as well as its neighboring Laurium, the mining town which is part of the mining district of Laurium. Suburban housing in Agios Konstantinos comprises of luxury homes and properties covering the eastern and the central parts. In the 1980s the 2-lane expansion was constructed west of Agios Konstantinos. Agios Konstantinos has a school, a lyceum, banks, churches, a post office and a few squares, its nearest gymnasia or high school is in Lavrio.

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