Lavreotiki

CountryGreece

SeatLavrio

Elevation

10 m (33 ft)

Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Lavreotiki Λαυρεωτική
Municipality
Lavreotiki
Coordinates: 37°43′N 24°4′E / 37.717°N 24.067°E / 37.717; 24.067
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Central Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Regional unit	East Attica
Seat	Lavrio
Government
• Mayor	Dimitrios Loukas[1] (since 2014)
Area
• Municipality	175.80 km2 (67.88 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	35.484 km2 (13.700 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (33 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	25,199
• Density	143.34/km2 (371.25/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	10,046
• Municipal unit density	283.11/km2 (733.26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	195 xx
Area code	22920
Website	www.lavreotiki.gr

Lavreotiki (Greek: Λαυρεωτική) is a municipality at the southeasternnmost tip of the Attica peninsula in the Greek regional unit of East Attica. Its municipal seat is the town of Lavrio.^[3]

It is historically important as a significant ancient mining district, most notably in the villages of Lavrio and Thorikos on the southeastern seaboard during the 6th, 5th, and 4th centuries BCE. As such it financed the wealth of Athens and the emergence of the Athenian Empire through the slave-powered mining efforts for silver and lead, beginning with the discovery of 2 deep-vein mining efforts during the 480's. Prior to that development, which at Themistocles urging in 483 BC led to the expansion of the Athenian fleet to 200 ships, only surface-mining was deployed as a technique for harvesting silver. More than 250 ore washeries have been identified by archaeologists and geologists in the district.