# Kineta

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Community in Greece

Kineta Κινέτα Community Kineta Kineta Coordinates: 37°58.3′N 23°12.9′E / 37.9717°N 23.2150°E / 37.9717; 23.2150 Country Greece Administrative region Attica Regional unit West Attica Municipality Megara Municipal unit Megara Population (2021)[1] • Community 1,651 Time zone UTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST) Postal code 191 00 Area code 22960

**Kineta** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Κινέτα) is a beach town in [West Attica](/source/West_Attica), [Greece](/source/Greece). Since 2017 it is a separate community of the municipality [Megara](/source/Megara).[2]

## Name

The name "Kineta" comes from the [Albanian](/source/Albanian_language) word "këneta", which means "small lagoon" or "marsh". In 1700, the town was mentioned in a Venetian map as *Valle Chineta.*[3] 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](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)). A little above the temple the road to Megara passed over the Scironian rocks.[4]

On 23 July 2018, a [wildfire](/source/2018_Attica_wildfires) developed in the area, which burned a few houses in Kineta.[5]

## Geography

Kineta is situated on the northern coast of the [Saronic Gulf](/source/Saronic_Gulf), south of the [Geraneia](/source/Geraneia) mountains. The rocks of Kakia Skala lie to the east. The nearest towns are [Agioi Theodoroi](/source/Agioi_Theodoroi) (8 km to the southwest) and [Megara](/source/Megara) (12 km to the east). [Corinth](/source/Corinth_(modern_city)) is 25 km to the west, and [Athens](/source/Athens) is 45 km to the east. The old [Greek National Road 8](/source/Greek_National_Road_8) and the new [A8 motorway](/source/A8_motorway_(Greece)) (Olympia Odos), both connecting Athens with Corinth and the Peloponnese, pass through the town. The [Kineta railway station](/source/Kineta_railway_station) is served by [Proastiakos](/source/Proastiakos) trains between [Athens International Airport](/source/Athens_International_Airport) and [Kiato](/source/Kiato_railway_station) (Peloponnese).

## Historical population

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1961 187 — 1971 163 −12.8% 1981 425 +160.7% 1991 1,878 +341.9% 2001[6] 1,433 −23.7% 2011[7] 1,446 +0.9% 2021[1] 1,651 +14.2%

## Gallery

		- SE View of Kineta (LTR: Kakia Skala, [Salamis Island](/source/Salamis_Island), [Ægina](/source/Aegina))

## See also

- [Communities of Attica](/source/Communities_of_Attica)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-census21_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-census21_1-1) ["Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό"](https://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/17286366/MON_PLI_DHM_OIKISN_2021.xlsx) [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["ΦΕΚ 9Α - 2017, Αναγνώριση του αυτοτελούς οικισμού «Κινέτα» Δήμου Μεγαρέων ως Τοπικής Κοινότητας"](https://www.eetaa.gr/eetaa/metaboles/fek/2017/fek_9a_2017.pdf) (PDF) (in Greek). [Government Gazette](/source/Government_Gazette_(Greece)).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Bennet, John (2005). *A Historical and Economic Geography of Ottoman Greece*. Athens: American School of Classical Studies at Athens. p. 130. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-87661-534-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87661-534-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-k543_4-0)** Bell, R.E. (1989). [*Place-names in Classical Mythology: Greece*](https://books.google.com/books?id=CErYAAAAMAAJ). ABC-CLIO. p. 92. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-87436-507-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87436-507-8). Retrieved 2024-08-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Vacchiano, Giorgio (2019). [*La resilienza del bosco*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RzG4DwAAQBAJ&q=Kineta+fire+2018&pg=PT183) (in Italian). [Mondadori](/source/Mondadori). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9788852098697](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788852098697). Retrieved 2020-04-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-stat01_6-0)** ["Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)"](http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf) (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-census11_7-0)** ["Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός"](http://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1210503/resident_population_census2011rev.xls) (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.

Places adjacent to Kineta Geraneia mountains Korinthos, Loutraki and Agioi Theodoroi Kineta Kakia Skala and Megara Saronic Gulf

v t e Subdivisions of the municipality of Megara Municipal unit of Megara Kineta Megara Municipal unit of Nea Peramos Nea Peramos

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