Gerakas

Gerakas is a town, a suburb of and a former municipality in , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
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  • Type: Suburb with 13,300 residents
  • Description: suburb of Athens, Greece
  • Postal code: 15344

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pallini and Peania-Kantza.

Railway station
is a station located in the median strip of the Attiki Odos motorway west of the suburb of in . This station first opened to Athens Suburban Railway trains on 30 July 2004, with Athens Metro services calling at this station from September 2006.

Railway station
Paiania–Kantza is a station located north east of the suburban town of in , . located in the median strip of the Attiki Odos motorway. is situated 3½ km south of Gerakas.

School
is a private French international school in , , . It serves levels maternelle until lycée.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leontario and Pallini.

Suburb
is a suburb.

Suburb
is a suburban town in Greater Athens Area and a municipality in , . The seat of the municipality is the town Gerakas. It is the seat of administration of the regional unit.

Suburb
is a suburban town in regional unit, . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 3.865 km2. is situated 2½ km northeast of Gerakas.

Gerakas

Latitude
38.01205° or 38° 0′ 43″ north
Longitude
23.85608° or 23° 51′ 22″ east
Population
13,300
Elevation
250 metres (820 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR GER
Open location code
8GC52V64+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358794813
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8201845
Wiki­data ID
Q2472801
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Gerakas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: غيراكاس
  • Bengali: গেরাকাস
  • Cebuano: Gérakas (kapital sa munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Gérakas
  • Chinese: 耶拉卡斯
  • Danish: Gerakas
  • Dutch: Gerakas
  • Egyptian Arabic: جيراكاس
  • Finnish: Gérakas
  • French: Gérakas
  • French: Yérakas
  • German: Gerakas
  • Greek: Γέρακας Αττικής
  • Greek: Γέρακας
  • Greek: Δήμος Γέρακα
  • Greek: Μπαλάνα
  • Gujarati: ગેરાકસ
  • Hindi: गेराकास
  • Hungarian: Jérakasz
  • Indonesian: Gerakas
  • Irish: Gerakas
  • Italian: Gerakas
  • Japanese: イェラカス
  • Kannada: ಗೆರಕರುಗಳು
  • Korean: 게라카스
  • Latvian: Gerakasa
  • Lithuanian: Gerakasas
  • Malay: Gerakas
  • Marathi: गेराकस
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gerakas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Gerakas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jérakas
  • Persian: یرگاس
  • Polish: Gerakas
  • Polish: Jerakas
  • Portuguese: Gerakas
  • Romanian: Gerakas
  • Russian: Гаргетт
  • Russian: Геракас
  • Russian: Еракас
  • Sinhala: ගෙරකාස්
  • Slovenian: Gerakas
  • Spanish: Gerakas
  • Swedish: Gérakas (kommunhuvudort)
  • Swedish: Gérakas
  • Tamil: கிராகாஸ்
  • Telugu: గెరాకాస్
  • Thai: เกราคาส
  • Turkish: Gerakas
  • Turkish: Yeraka
  • Ukrainian: Геракас
  • Urdu: گیراکاس
  • Vietnamese: Gerakas

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