Grammatiko is a Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 village in east Attica

Attica

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Marathon

Marathon, Greece

Marathon is a town in Greece, the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the heavily outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians. The tumulus or burial mound for the 192 Athenian dead that was erected near the battlefield remains a feature of the coastal plain...

, of which it is a municipal unit.

It lies approximately 40 km (24.9 mi) northeast of Athens

Athens

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, and north of Marathon and Nea Makri

Nea Makri

Nea Makri is a town located in the northeastern part of Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Marathon, of which it is a municipal unit.- Town layout :...

. Grammatiko is linked by road with Marathon and Varnavas as well as Kapandriti

Kapandriti

Kapandriti is a town near Marathon in the north of Attica in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos, of which it is a municipal unit.Kapandriti is linked by road to Nea Makri, Afidnes, and Kalamos...

 and with GR-1

Greek National Road 1

The Greek Motorway 1 is a motorway, partly under construction, and the 2nd longest in Greece. It is the principal north-south road connection in Greece, connecting the country's capital Athens with the regions of Thessaly and Macedonia, as well as the country's second largest city,...

/E75

European route E75

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 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki).

Grammatiko is situated in a hilly and mountainous setting filled with grasslands, some pine forests, rocks and groves and some farmlands. Part of the area is forested but mainly with short and medium-sized trees including pine

Pine

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, spruce

Spruce

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 and others, forest and rural roads are around Grammatiko. Mountains overlook the South Euboean Gulf. One of the hilltops lies to the southeast of Grammatiko, taller mountains dominate the southwest along with some forests. The residential buildings goes from the valley up to the hills. The South Euboic Sea lies about 2.5 km to the northeast.

It is also the site where some wreckage from Helios Airways Flight 522

Helios Airways Flight 522

Helios Airways Flight 522 was a Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 flight that crashed into a mountain on 14 August 2005 at 12:04 EEST, north of Marathon and Varnavas, Greece. Rescue teams located wreckage near the community of Grammatiko from Athens...

 is reported to have fallen on August 14, 2005 in the hills northeast of the communal centre.

Historical population

Year	Village population	Community population
1981	-	1,236
1991	1,177	1,498
2001	1,284	1,443