Editing Vari

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{{Infobox Greek Dimos
| name = Vari
| name_local = Βάρη
| type = municipal unit 
| image_map = DE Varis.svg 
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
| periph = [[Attica (region)|Attica]]
| periphunit         = [[East Attica]]
|municipality = [[Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni]]
| pop_municunit = 16717
| population_as_of = 2021
| area_municunit =  22.633
| elevation = 25
| coordinates = {{coord|37|50|N|23|48|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code = 166 xx
| area_code = 210
| licence = Z
| website = 
| image_skyline      = Andreas varkiza - panoramio.jpg
| caption_skyline    = 
| city_flag          =
| city_seal          =
| districts          =
}}

'''Vari''' ({{langx|el|Βάρη}}) is a southern suburb of [[Athens]] and former municipality in [[East Attica]], [[Greece]] along the Athens coast. The ancient Athenian [[deme]] of [[Anagyrous]] was situated here.

Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality [[Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni]], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name="Kallikratis">{{Cite web |title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities |url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q. |publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]] |language=el}}</ref> The municipal unit has an area of 22.633&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202105723/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=2012-12-02 |url-status=live|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}}</ref>

==Geography==
It lies at the southwestern end of the [[Mesogeia]] plain and the southeast shoulder of the [[Hymettus]] mountain, near the [[Saronic Gulf]] coast. [[Greek National Road 91]] connects Vari with Athens city centre and [[Sounio]]. Vari's beach is located in an area called [[Varkiza]], a fishing village that joined the municipality of Vari, in 1997. This particular beach has won the [[Blue Flag beach|blue flag]] many years in the past, including 2009.

After 1 January 2011 Vari joined [[Voula]] and [[Vouliagmeni]], according to Kallikratis regulations, in a joined municipality. Grigoris Konstantellos is the incumbent mayor, elected for a second term at May 26, 2019, for the unified municipality of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni. 

== Archaeology ==
A 2,000-year-old marble engraving found near Vari might indicate an Archaic temple on the [[Acropolis of Athens]]. It is possible that sheep and goat herders carved the engraving in the 6th century BC. It depicts a temple facade with at least five columns and includes an inscription in [[Archaic Greek alphabets|Old Attic alphabet]] referring to the "Hekatompedon" by someone named Mikon. The term ''ἑκατόμπεδος'', meaning "of a hundred feet", has been used in sacred contexts, and the Acropolis is the most likely location due to its association with the term. The engraving could refer to the Bluebeard Temple or the Gigantomachy Temple, both on the Acropolis.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Langdon |first=Merle K. |last2=Rookhuijzen |first2=Jan Z. van |date=2024-07-01 |title=Mikon's Hekatompedon: An Architectural Graffito from Attica |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/729771 |journal=American Journal of Archaeology |language=en |volume=128 |issue=3 |pages=433–442 |doi=10.1086/729771 |issn=0002-9114|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Historical population==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Population
|-
| 1981 || 4,211
|-
| 1991 || 8,488
|-
| 2001 || 10,998
|-
| 2011 || 15,855
|-
| 2021 || 16,717
|}

==See also==
*[[List of municipalities of Attica]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.vvv.gov.gr/ Official website] {{in lang|el}}

{{Geographic location
| Northwest = 
| North     = 
| Northeast = [[Kropia]]
| West      = [[Voula]]
| Center    = Vari
| East      = Kropia
| Southwest = [[Vouliagmeni]]
| South     = ''[[Saronic Gulf]]''
| Southeast =
}}

{{Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni div}}
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[[Category:Populated places in East Attica]]
[[Category:Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni]]