Drapetsona

Drapetsona (Greek, Δραπετσώνα) is a suburb and a former municipality in the western part of Piraeus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Keratsini-Drapetsona, of which it is a municipal unit. Drapetsona Bay lies to the west and northwest and the Piraeus Harbor lies to the southeast in which between 2002. The city is about 12 km WSW of Athens and about 1.5 km NW of downtown Piraeus. The area was made up of farmlands. Mixed farming was common. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands in the 1900s and the 1940s. Today, half of the area is urbanized or residential. The Shipping area of Piraeus which is Athens' closest lies to the west and south. It was first opened in the mid-20th century....