| Kouvaras | |
| Name Local: | Κουβαράς |
| Type: | municipal unit |
| Periph: | Attica |
| Periphunit: | East Attica |
| Municipality: | Saronikos |
| Pop Municunit: | 1932 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Area Municunit: | 24.371 |
| Elevation: | 209 |
| Coordinates: | 37.8333°N 81°W |
| Postal Code: | 190 03 |
| Area Code: | 22910 |
| Licence: | Z |
| Website: | www.koinotita-kouvara.gr |
Kouvaras (el|Κουβαράς) is a village and a former community in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Saronikos, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 24.371 km2.[2]
Kouvaras is situated in the southeastern part of the Attica peninsula. There are several low mountains around Kouvaras, including to its southwest and Merenta to its north. It is 2 km north of Keratea, 4 km southeast of Kalyvia Thorikou and 27 km southeast of Athens city centre. The Greek National Road 89 (Gerakas - Koropi - Lavrio - Sounio) passes southwest of the town. The municipal unit Kouvaras also includes the village Neos Kouvaras (pop. 566), 1 km to the southwest.
| Year | Village population | Municipal unit population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1,194 | - | |
| 1991 | 928 | 1,369 | |
| 2001 | 1,091 | 1,542 | |
| 2011 | 1,426 | 2,008 | |
| 2021 | 1,341 | 1,932 |
The church of St. George. A wall painting monument (1743) of Georgios Markou the Argus, the great and prolific post-Byzantine ecclesiastic iconographer of the 18th century[3] (".... San Giorgio (agiografia su gli anni 1743), che si trova al paesino di Cuvara, dell 'Attica...." Evangelos Andreou http://ketlib.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/ket/849