Elefsina, Greece
Elefsina is an industrial city on the Thriasio Plain west of Athens. It is anchored by Sklavenitis (hypermarket), Praktiker (hardware), and Kotsovolos (electronics) — one Regional-tier co-location cluster, the framework's highest single-cluster tier. Athens sits 17.9 kilometres away by straight-line distance. The market carries European Regional Market classification under the co-location system's composition gate.
Overview
Elefsina recorded 30,147 municipal residents at the 2021 census, in West Attica at the northern end of the Saronic Gulf. The city hosts Greece's largest oil refinery and is recorded in antiquity as the site of the Eleusinian Mysteries and the birthplace of the playwright Aeschylus; it also carries the older English name Eleusis.
Anchor Composition
The cluster spans 2.1 kilometres and combines a hypermarket, hardware, and electronics anchor. Sklavenitis, a Greek hypermarket chain comparable to Walmart or Kroger, holds three locations within the cluster. Praktiker's (hardware, comparable to Home Depot or Lowe's) nearest branch sits in neighbouring Mandra, and Kotsovolos (electronics, comparable to Best Buy) completes the set.
Civic infrastructure centres on healthcare. The Thriasio General Hospital of Elefsina and the Elefsina Maternity Hospital both sit within the catchment.
Regional Market Standing
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan reference point | Athens |
| Distance (straight-line) | 17.9 km |
| Co-location clusters | 1 Regional-tier |
| Catchment population | 3,540,223 |
| Catchment method | Strongest member cluster (single-cluster fallback) |
The distance above is a straight-line (crow-flies) measurement to the nearest major metropolitan reference point, not a drive-time or commuting estimate. As with the neighbouring Gerakas entry, the catchment population reflects the broader Athens metropolitan catchment underlying Elefsina's cluster, not a population unique to Elefsina itself. See [[atlas-top-400-europe|Top 400 Regional Markets — Europe]] for the full Top 400 set and [[co-location-methodology|Co-location Methodology]] for how markets qualify.
AEC Data
Cluster-level climate, seismic, and wildfire-hazard data has not yet been computed for Elefsina's cluster in the current GIS dataset build. This section will populate once that coverage extends here; see GIS Data Overview for the AEC data pipeline.
See Also
- Greece Regional Market Index
- Top 400 Regional Markets — Europe
- Regional Markets Intelligence System
- Co-location Methodology
References
- Elefsina — Wikipedia, accessed 2026-08-25
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