Galatas is a town located in the eastern part of the peninsula of the Peloponnese

Peloponnese

The Peloponnese, Peloponnesos or Peloponnesus , is a large peninsula , located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth...

. It is the seat of the municipality of Troizinia

Troizinia

Troizinia is a municipality in the Islands regional unit, Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Galatas.-Municipality:The municipality Troizinia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units...

, which belongs to the Islands regional unit. It is located on a road connecting the rest of the Peloponnese: Argolis

Argolis

Argolis is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.-Geography:...

 and Ligouri and Galatas and the road to Ermioni and Kranidi. It is located East of ancient Troezen

Troezen

Troezen is a small town and a former municipality in the northeastern Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Troizinia, of which it is a municipal unit....

, South East of Ligouri, North East of Kranidi

Kranidi

Kranidi is a town and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ermionida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Some say the name is derived from the word Koronida, while others claim it is from the word...

 and Ermioni

Ermioni

Ermioni is a small town and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ermionida, of which it is a municipal unit. It is a popular tourist resort. It is on a very small out-cropping of the land facing the island of...

 and South West of Methana

Methana

Methana is a town and a former municipality on the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Troizinia, of which it is a municipal unit....

. Its twin town, the island city of Poros

Poros

Poros is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, at a distance about 58 km south from Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a 200-metre wide sea channel, with the town of Galatas on the mainland across the strait. Its surface is about and it has 4,117...

, is approximately 500m away.

Communities and subdivisions

• Aliki
• Galatas
• Plaka
• Potami
• Vlacheika
• Belessi
• Lemonodasos

Historical population

Year	Galatas	Troizina
1981	2,120	-
1991	2,181	6,084
2001	2,592	6,507

Galatas is a small mainland town with a high school, medical center, a church, banks and a new seafront plaza overlooking Poros Island. It connects to the island of Poros with water taxis. The area is known for its Lemonodasos ("Lemon forest"), a vast orchard of lemon- and other citrus trees, watered by watermills and made famous by author Kosmas Politis in his 1930 novel by the same name.

Persons

• Antonios Kriezis
  Antonios Kriezis
  Antonios Kriezis was a Prime Minister of Greece from 1849 to 1854. Kriezis was descended from a well-known Arvanite family from the island of Hydra and was born in Troezen in 1796. In July 1821, he served in the Greek navy during the Greek War of Independence and took part in the naval battles...
  
   (in Troizina 1796-1865), a soldier fought for the Greek War of Independence
  Greek War of Independence
  The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between...
  
   and a Prime minister of Greece between December 24, 1849 - May 28, 1854

See also

• Communities of the Attica prefecture, including Troizina