Grammatiko
title: "Grammatiko" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["marathon,-greece", "populated-places-in-east-attica", "arvanite-settlements"] topic_path: "general/marathon-greece" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatiko" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox Greek Dimos"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Grammatiko |
| name_local | Γραμματικό |
| type | municipal unit |
| image_map | DE Grammatikou.svg |
| map_caption | Location within the regional unit |
| periph | Attica |
| periphunit | East Attica |
| municipality | Marathon |
| pop_municunit | 1383 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| area_municunit | 51.674 |
| elevation | 211 |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 190 07 |
| area_code | 22940 |
| licence | Z |
| :: |
| name = Grammatiko | name_local = Γραμματικό |type = municipal unit | image_map = DE Grammatikou.svg |map_caption = Location within the regional unit | periph = Attica | periphunit = East Attica |municipality = Marathon | pop_municunit = 1383 | population_as_of = 2021 | area_municunit = 51.674 | elevation = 211 | coordinates = | postal_code = 190 07 | area_code = 22940 | licence = Z | website = | image_skyline = | caption_skyline = | city_flag = | city_seal = | districts =
Grammatiko () is a village in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Marathon, of which it is a municipal unit. It is part of the Athens metropolitan area.
Geography
Grammatiko is situated in the hills of the northeastern part of the Attica peninsula, 6 km from the South Euboean Gulf coast, at about 210 m elevation. It is 4 km southeast of Varnavas, 5 km north of Marathon and 32 km northeast of Athens city centre. The municipal unit Grammatiko consists of the villages Grammatiko, Agia Marina and Sesi. It has an area of 51.674 km2.
Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed in the hills near Grammatiko on 14 August 2005 after a lack of cabin pressure incapacitated the aircraft's crew members.
Historical population
Grammatiko has historically been an Arvanite settlement.
::data[format=table]
| Year | Village population | Community population |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | - | 1,236 |
| 1991 | 1,177 | 1,498 |
| 2001 | 1,284 | 1,443 |
| 2011 | 1,432 | 1,823 |
| 2021 | 1,297 | 1,383 |
| :: |
References
|Centre = |North = |Northeast = South Euboean Gulf |East = |Southeast = |South = Marathon |Southwest = |West = |Northwest = Varnavas
References
- "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
- NWC. "Map of Athens: offline map and detailed map of Athens city".
- "Athens Population 2021 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)".
- "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
- (2005-08-15). "Plane crash in Greece kills all 121 on board". The New York Times.
- Hans-Jürgen Sasse. (1991). "Arvanitika: die albanischen Sprachreste in Griechenland".
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::