Galatas

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Galatas (Greek: Γαλατάς, meaning milkman), is a town located in the eastern part of the peninsula of the Peloponnese. It is the seat of the municipality of Troizina. It is one the easternmost municipality in the peninsula. It is located on a road connecting the rest of the Peloponnese, Argolis and Ligouri and Galatas and the road to Ermioni and Kranidi. It is located E of ancient Troezen, SE of Ligouri, NE of Kranidi and Ermioni and SW of Methana. The island of Poros is only 50 m apart and is a twin town.

1 Subdivisions
2 Communities and subdivisions
3 Nearest places
4 Historical population
5 Persons
6 External links
7 See also

[edit] Subdivisions

[edit] Communities and subdivisions

Aliki
Galatas
Plaka
Potami
Vlacheika
Belessi
Lemonodassos

[edit] Nearest places

Vlacheika, W

[edit] Historical population

Year	Communal population	Change (town)	Municipal population
1981	2,120	-	-
1991	2,181	61/2.88%	6,084

Galatas is a small mainland town it has a new high school, medical center, a church, banks and a new sea front area (plateia) overlooking Poros Island. Galatas connects to the island of Poros with small boats (water taxi's). In ancient times, a sump was between Galatas and Poros. Galatas also has many independent shops some businesses and plenty of tavernas.

Until the 1960s, the area was home to many goats that produced milk and cheese and gave it the name Galatas (meaning milk fields)

The area is beautiful. The mountain range Anderes overlooks the Saronic Gulf and the Athens coastline. Image:Galats view.jpg It is fast becoming a popular place to build homes and development is higher now than that of Poros.