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
  • Also known as: “Yérakas”, “Δήμος Γέρακα”, “Μπαλάνα”, and “Гаргетт”
  • Postal code: 15344

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pallini station and Paiania–Kantza station.

Railway station
Photo: Minoa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pallini is a station located in the median strip…

Railway station
Photo: Minoa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paiania–Kantza is a station located north east of the… is situated 3½ km south of Gerakas.

School
is a private…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leontario and Pallini.

Suburb
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburban town in the Greater Athens Area and a municipality in , .

Suburb
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburban town in regional unit, . 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)
UN/LOCODE
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”
  • German: “Gerakas”
  • Greek: “Γέρακας Αττικής”
  • Greek: “Γέρακας”
  • 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: “Jérakas”
  • Persian: “یرگاس”
  • Polish: “Jerakas”
  • Portuguese: “Gerakas”
  • Romanian: “Gerakas”
  • 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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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Λόφος Κεραίας Γέρακα and Gargittós.

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Highlights: ΚΕΠ ΠΑΛΛΗΝΗΣ and Πλατεία Γέρακα.

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