Kineta
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kineta |
| name_local | Κινέτα |
| type | community |
| periph | Attica |
| periphunit | West Attica |
| municipality | Megara |
| municunit | Megara |
| population | 1651 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 191 00 |
| area_code | 22960 |
| image_skyline | Κινέτα 2154.jpg |
| caption_skyline | Kineta |
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|name = Kineta |name_local = Κινέτα |type = community |periph = Attica |periphunit = West Attica |municipality = Megara |municunit = Megara |population = 1651 |population_as_of = 2021 |area = |elevation = |coordinates = |postal_code = 191 00 |area_code = 22960 |licence = |website = | image_skyline = Κινέτα 2154.jpg | caption_skyline = Kineta
Kineta () is a beach town in West Attica, Greece. Since 2017 it is a separate community of the municipality Megara.
Name
The name "Kineta" comes from the Albanian word "këneta", which means "small lagoon" or "marsh". In 1700, the town was mentioned in a Venetian map as Valle Chineta. The lagoon does not exist anymore but Kineta still has (2010) more than its share of gnats.
History
In antiquity the temple of Apollo Latous (Latoan Apollo) was located near Kineta. The temple marked the boundary between Corinthia and Megaris in the time of Pausanias. A little above the temple the road to Megara passed over the Scironian rocks.
On 23 July 2018, a wildfire developed in the area, which burned a few houses in Kineta.
Geography
Kineta is situated on the northern coast of the Saronic Gulf, south of the Geraneia mountains. The rocks of Kakia Skala lie to the east. The nearest towns are Agioi Theodoroi (8 km to the southwest) and Megara (12 km to the east). Corinth is 25 km to the west, and Athens is 45 km to the east. The old Greek National Road 8 and the new A8 motorway (Olympia Odos), both connecting Athens with Corinth and the Peloponnese, pass through the town. The Kineta railway station is served by Proastiakos trains between Athens International Airport and Kiato (Peloponnese).
Historical population
|align = none |1961|187 |1971|163 |1981|425 |1991|1878 |2001|1433 |2011|1446 |2021|1651
Gallery
File:Kineta_SE_View.jpg|SE View of Kineta (LTR: Kakia Skala, Salamis Island, Ægina)
References
| Northwest = | North = Geraneia mountains | Northeast = | West = Korinthos, Loutraki and Agioi Theodoroi | Center = Kineta | East = Kakia Skala and Megara | Southwest = | South = Saronic Gulf | Southeast =
References
- "ΦΕΚ 9Α - 2017, Αναγνώριση του αυτοτελούς οικισμού «Κινέτα» Δήμου Μεγαρέων ως Τοπικής Κοινότητας". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
- Bennet, John. (2005). "A Historical and Economic Geography of Ottoman Greece". American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
- Bell, R.E.. (1989). "Place-names in Classical Mythology: Greece". ABC-CLIO.
- Vacchiano, Giorgio. (2019). "La resilienza del bosco". [[Mondadori]].
- "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
- "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός". Hellenic Statistical Authority.
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