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{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Mandra
|name_local = Μάνδρα
|periph = [[Attica]]
|prefec = [[West Attica]]
|population = 12792
|population_as_of = 2001
|area = 205.770
|elevation = 107
|lat_deg = 38
|lat_min = 4
|lon_deg = 23
|lon_min = 29
|postal_code = 196 00
|area_code = 210
|licence = Z
|mayor = Giánna Kriekoúki
|website = [http://www.mandra.gr/ www.mandra.gr]
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'''Mandra''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: '''Μάνδρα''', meaning "yard"), also '''Mandhra''' is a [[town]] and [[Communities and Municipalities of Greece|municipality]] in the central part of the prefecture of [[West Attica]] in [[Greece]]. It is part of the [[Athens]] [[metropolitan area]]. It has mild summers and fairly cold winters. The town’s population was 10,947 at the 2001 census. It is famous for its big industrial zone, since it's very close to the capital of Greece. Magoula is bypassed with the [[Greek National Road 3|GR-3]] (Athens - Thiva). Mandra is linked with the [[Greek National Road 8A|GR-8A]]/[[E94]] (Athens - Corinth - Patras) and the old [[Greek National Road 8|GR-8]] as well as the [[Attiki Odos]] since February 2004 with its exit north. Its junction lies further south and was constructed in 2001 and opened in 2004. The area around Mandra has farmlands located near the boundary with Magoula, the mountains including [[Pateras]] lies to the west and more to the north. Mandra is located about 25 km northwest of [[Athens]], about 5 km north of [[Elefsina]], ENE of [[Corinth]] and southeast of SSE of [[Thiva]]. The town is the municipal seat of the '''Municipality of Mándra''', which has a land area of 205.770 km² and a population of 12,792 inhabitants. The municipality also includes the towns of Ágios Sotír (pop. 496), Néa Zoí (443), Palaiochóri (356), Diódia (174), Pournári (174), and several smaller settlements.
==Economy==
The industrial area of Elefsina lies to the south while residential buildings lies to the north. Prior to the 1970s, agriculture was the predominant industry in Mandra. Housing developments arrived in the 1970s. Problems such as drug smuggling and prostitution increased.
==Subdivisions==
*[[Agia Sotiria]]
*[[Viliarti]]
==Nearest places==
*[[Agios Vlassios]], north
*[[Magoula (Athens), Greece|Magoula]], east
*[[Eleusis]]/Elefsina and [[Patima, Greece|Patima]], southeast
*[[Loutsa, Attica|Loutsa]], southwest
*[[Viliarti]], northwest
==Historical population==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"11
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! Year !! Population !! Change !! Municipal population !! Density
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| 1981 || 8,804 || - || - || -
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| 1991 || 10,012 || +1,208/+13.72% || 11,343 || 55.1/km²
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| 2001 || 10,947 || +935/+9.34% || 12,792 || 62.2/km²
|}
==Other==
Mandra has schools, lyceums or middle schools, gymnasia or high schools, churches, a post office, banks and squares (''[[plateia|plateies]]'').
==External links==
*[http://www.mandra.gr/ Official website] {{el icon}}
*[http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=337 GTP Travel Pages (Municipality)] (in English and Greek)
*'''Map and aerial photos''':
**Street map: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=38.07&longitude=23.49225&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest], [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=38.07&lons1=23.49225&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=38.07,23.49225 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=38.06375&lon=23.49225&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite images: [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.07,23.49225&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.07|23.49225&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: {{coor dms|38|4|19|N|29|29|26|E|type_municipality(11,343)_region:GR}}
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| width ="35%" align="center" | '''Northwest:''' [[Erythres]]
| width ="30%" align="center" | '''North:''' [[Dervenochori]] and [[Oinoi]] (community)
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| width ="10%" align="center" | '''West:''' [[Vilia]] and [[Megara]]
| width ="35%" align="center" | '''Mandra'''
| width ="30%" align="center" | '''East:''' [[Magoula]] (community)
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| width ="35%" align="center" | '''Southwest:''' [[Nea Peramos]]
| width ="30%" align="center" | '''South:''' [[Eleusis|Elefsina]]
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