Greater Athens and Greater Piraeus with part of East Concise Statistical Yearbook of Greece 2001 page 38, National Statistical Service of Greece http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_01_0003_00032.pdf and West Attica regional units combined make up the continuous built up Athens Urban Area ( ), Monthly Statistical Bulletin Monthly Statistical Bulletin December 2012, Hellenic Statistical Authority, page 64 http://dlib.statistics.gr/MAG/GRESYE_01_0001_00821.pdf Statistical Yearbook of Greece 2001 page 72, National Statistical Service of Greece http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_01_0002_00053.pdf also called the Urban Area of the Capital ( ) or simply Athens (the most common use of the term), spanning over 412 sqkm , with a population of 3,090,508 people as of 2011.