Kouvaras

Kouvaras (Greek: Κουβαράς) is a village and a former community in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Saronikos, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 24.371 km².^[3]

Kouvaras Κουβαράς
Municipal unit
Kouvaras Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 37°50′N 23°58′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Regional unit	East Attica
Municipality	Saronikos
Area
• Municipal unit	24.371 km2 (9.410 sq mi)
Elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	1,932
• Municipal unit density	79/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	190 03
Area code(s)	22910
Vehicle registration	Z
Website	www.koinotita-kouvara.gr

Aerial view of Kalivia Thorikou, Kouvaras and Keratea as seen from the northwest

Geography

Kouvaras is situated in the southeastern part of the Attica peninsula. There are several low mountains around Kouvaras, including Mount Paneion [el] to its southwest and Merenta to its north. It is 2 km north of Keratea, 4 km southeast of Kalyvia Thorikou and 27 km southeast of Athens city centre. The Greek National Road 89 (Gerakas - Koropi - Lavrio - Sounio) passes southwest of the town. The municipal unit Kouvaras also includes the village Neos Kouvaras (pop. 566), 1 km to the southwest.

Historical population

Year	Village population	Municipal unit population
1981	1,194	-
1991	928	1,369
2001	1,091	1,542
2011	1,426	2,008
2021	1,341	1,932

Historical monuments

The church of St. George. A wall painting monument (1743) of Georgios Markou the Argus, the great and prolific post-Byzantine ecclesiastic iconographer of the 18th century^[4] (".... San Giorgio (agiografia su gli anni 1743), che si trova al paesino di Cuvara, dell 'Attica...." Evangelos Andreou http://ketlib.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/ket/849 Archived 2018-11-05 at the Wayback Machine