Piraeus Prefecture the Peloponnese. An indication of the geographical diversity of the prefecture was the stark difference in population density between its seven mainland municipalities in the Athens metropolitan area, which have 9,244.2 inhabitants/km², and its detached outlying areas, which average only 85.83 inhabitants/km² (and most of these on Salamis Island, at 395.40/km², while the far-outlying parts have only 47.80/km²). "Note:" Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece. Piraeus Prefecture Piraeus Prefecture () was one of the prefectures of Greece. It was part of the Attica region and the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture (1994–2011). The capital of the prefecture was the city
Piraeus Artemis Piraeus Artemis Piraeus Artemis refers to two bronze statues of Artemis excavated in Piraeus in 1959, along with a large theatrical mask (possibly in honor of Dionysus) and three pieces of marble sculptures. Two other statues were found in the buried cache as well: a larger-than-lifesize bronze Late Archaic Apollo (Piraeus Apollo) and a similarly sized bronze fourth century-style Athena. Both statues are now exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Piraeus possessed a primary seaport, Cantharus, and, due to the foreign influence of trade and the mercenary garrison on Munychia hill, the city was also entry point for new