Nea Peramos, before the 1990sMegalo Pefko, is a suburb and a former municipality in West Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Megara, of which it is a municipal unit.
Geography
Nea Peramos is situated in the eastern part of the Megaris plain, on the Saronic Gulf coast, opposite the island of Salamis. Nea Peramos is 7 km east of Megara, 11 km west of Eleusis and 27 km west of Athens. Motorway 8 passes north of the town. The Nea Peramos railway station is served by Proastiakos commuter trains to Athens and Kiato. From its fishing harbour, a ferryboat line connects it to the island of Salamis, close to the Monastery of Panagia Faneromeni. Landmark buildings include the two tall blocks of flats, the Church of St. George, the N. Petkas Traditional Olive Press, which has been donated to the Association of Peramians Kyzikians and the former Town Hall, all of them on 28 October st. which traverses the town parallel to the coast. Nea Peramos has a few schools and two KAPI. Three military camps are located in town, among them the Artillery School and the Army Special Forces base. Please also note there is a small seaside resort bearing the same name in Northern Greece, near Kavala.
Culture
There is a municipal library whose mostly-Greek-language collection is as yet uncatalogued. The cultural life of the town is enriched by the Fair of St. George in April, the Klidonas festival on St. John's Day and the Sardine Night in late August. Several cultural associations operate, such as the Association of Peramians Kyzikians, the Nea Peramos Women's Association and the Cultural Association "Aghios Panteleimon". There are two amateur sports teams: The Athletic Sports Association of Nea Peramos and Attalos Neas Peramou. There are 15 teams in town of skilled flying pigeons, most of them belonging to the Aspropyrgos Association of Pigeon-Owners.
History
In 1922, after the debacle of the Greek Army, the Greek residents of Peramos in Asia Minor were expelled from their town before the advancing Turkish Army and the rebels. They ended up in Kavala and in the area of Megara. This location near Megara was given over by the Government of Eleftherios Venizelos so that they could start their new life. Their first school was a wooden shack which also functioned on Sundays as a church until the current Church of Saint George was built to accommodate his Icon which the refugees brought with them from their ancestral land.
