List of cities and towns in Greece

Two thirds of the Greek people live in urban areas. Greece's largest metropolitan centers and most influential urban areas are those of Athens and Thessaloniki, with metropolitan populations of approximately four million and one million inhabitants respectively. The third-largest-city is Patras, with a metropolitan area of approximately 305,000 inhabitants, then comes Heraklion with a metropolitan population of 211,370 that's almost the same as the municipal population of Patras.

The table below lists the largest cities in Greece, by population size, using the official census results of 1991,[1] 2001,[2] 2011[3] and 2021.[4]

  1. ^ 1991 Official Census. "Population de fait de la Grece au recensement du 17 Mars 1991 par departements, eparchies, communes-demes, communes et localites" (PDF). Statistics.gr.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ 2001 Official Census. "De facto population of Greece population and housing census of March 18th, 2001. By departments, municipalities, communes, municipal/communal departments and localities" (PDF). Statistics.gr.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ 2011 Official Census. "Announcement on the Publication of Revised 2011 Census Tables". Statistics.gr.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ 2021 Official Census. "Permanent population results by municipal community, 21.04.2023". National Statistical Service of Greece.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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