Kamatero (Greek: Καματερó [kamateˈro]; officially Καματερόν[2]) is a town and a suburb in the central-western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece.

Although the oldest known archaeological finds in Kamatero date to the 4th century BC,[4] the area west of Athens is known to have been inhabited since at least the Bronze Age.

[citation needed] In classical times, the area of modern Kamatero was under the authority of the polis of Athens.

Thus, and also due to "its extremely light construction",[4] he concludes that it was built as a temporary defence for a force invading Athens.

However, he believes it was built on the occasion of the same invasion as two other walls in Attica: one in the Thriasian plain, and another, more famous one (known as the Dema) bridging the gap between Mt.

[7] He concedes however that the placename may possibly be derived from a modern family name Kamateros, which may in its turn be Byzantine in origin.

One thing of note is that, starting from some point in time that is difficult to establish with certainty, and lasting up until the modern era, the Greek language was supplanted by Arvanitic as the primary means of communication in Kamatero (as well as the surrounding areas).

The settlement is mentioned in connection to the Battle of Kamatero, which took place in 1827, at which time a village by that name was already extant in the area.

After Greek independence, and during the reign of King Otto, Kamatero is first mentioned in a royal decree of 1836, proclaiming it a part of the municipality of Chastia.

[12] This is further reinforced by the 1879 census, according to which, in the municipality of Acharnai, to which Kamatero still belonged at the time, out of a total of 3,415 people, 2,711 did not speak Greek.

[11] The 1907 census confirms the continued strong presence of Arvanitic in the area of Kamatero in the early 20th century.

[11] There is a World War II era description of Kamatero in the book 21 Battalion, by author J. Cody.

According to the Association for the Development of West Athens, in 1981 only an estimated 2.8% of the economically active population was employed in the primary sector of industry.

[20] It consists of water courses, evergreen and coniferous trees, reed beds and farmland, and attracts "many species of birds and animal throughout the year.

Kamatero voters exhibit a long trend of supporting leftist and centre-leftist parties to a greater extent than the national average.

After the military dictatorship of 1967–1974, Kamatero has almost exclusively elected left-wing mayors, with the exception of the 1974–1978 period, right after the junta.

He was reelected in the 1982 and 1986 elections and remained in office until 1990 (although he later switched from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) to the radical leftist Synaspismos).

This is especially true of the Communist Party, which in the latest legislative elections (2004) polled 11.14% of the vote in Kamatero, as opposed to its national average of 5.90%.

However, it is noteworthy that the far-right Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) party also polled better in Kamatero, gaining 3.68% of the vote as opposed to its national average of 2.19%.

Kamatero is not divided into administrative districts, however there are some traditional neighbourhoods: the Centre, Attalos, Aghios Trifonas and Gerovouno.

This is because a lot of Greeks remain registered in their places of origins, while residing in various other municipalities, mostly in the Athens area.

However, according to the public power corporation of Greece's estimate for that year, based on statistical sheets it asked its consumers to fill in, the actual population was 25,515.