Kalamata
Kalamata
Καλαμάτα | |
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Clockwise from top right: Promenade of Kalamata, Saint John Church, Kyriakou Folklore Museum, Kalamata City Hall, Archaeological Museum of Messenia, Church of the Holy Apostles, Kalamata Castle | |
| Coordinates: 37°02′16″N 22°06′40″E / 37.03778°N 22.11111°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Messenia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Athanasios Vasilopoulos (since 2019) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 440.3 km2 (170.0 sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 253.3 km2 (97.8 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Municipality | 72,906 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 66,135 |
| • Municipal unit density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) |
| • Community | 58,816 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 241 00 |
| Area code(s) | 27210 |
| Vehicle registration | KM |
| Website | www |
Kalamata (Greek: Καλαμάτα [kalaˈmata]) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece after Patras, and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regional unit, it lies along the Nedon River at the head of the Messenian Gulf.
The 2021 census recorded 72,906 inhabitants for the wider Kalamata Municipality, of which 66,135 resided in the municipal unit of Kalamata, and 58,816 in the city proper. Kalamata is renowned as the land of the Kalamatianos dance, Kalamata olives and Kalamata olive oil.