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Telephone numbers in Greece
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This is a list of dialing codes in Greece. The first digit represents type of service. 1 is used for short codes, 2 for geographical numbers (3 and 4 are reserved for that purpose too), 5 is used for inter-network routing purposes (not dialable codes) and VPNs, 6 for mobile services, 7 is reserved for universal access numbers (not active), 8 for reduced fee services (like 800 toll-free, 801 local call, 89 dial-up and data services), 9 is used for premium rate services (901 premium rate, 909 reserved for adult premium rate services but not active since all adult services operate in the 901 range). All dialable numbers are ten digits, except for short codes (3-5 digits on the 1 range), 807-XXXX (seven digits) used for calling card access codes and of course numbers on the 5 range which are used for routing purposes and are not dialable by end subscribers.
Geographical area codes start with the digit 2. There are currently one, two and three digit area codes. The only two digit area code is 21 for the Athens Metropolitan area, three digit codes are used for the cities Thessaloniki, Patras, Larissa, Heraklion, Kavala, Tripoli. The rest of the codes are four-digit codes.
Generally speaking the second digit of a geographical area code signifies a broader geographical area of Greece and this is how area codes are sorted in this article. Two-digit codes are used with eight-digit subscriber numbers, three-digit codes with seven-digit numbers, and four-digit codes with six-digit numbers, such that the full telephone number is always ten digits. Subscriber numbers in most areas start with 0, this is the digit that was inserted between the area code and the subscriber number in order to form the new ten-digit numbering plan back in 2002. Thus many Greeks erroneously think that the area codes include this leading 0, e.g. that Athens area code is 210, while actually Athens area code is 21 and 0 is the first digit of the subscriber number. Subscriber numbers starting with 0 are assigned to the former monopoly OTE. In bigger cities like Athens and Thessaloniki subscriber numbers starting with other digits except 0 are becoming more and more common, especially amongst business subscribers. In this case many people think that the area code is different, e.g. a subscriber number in Athens might start with 211, with people thinking that 211 is a distinct area code than 210, while in reality both numbers are in the 21 area code and the third digit of the number belongs to the subscriber number.
The country calling code of Greece is 30. The international call prefix depends on the country you are calling from, e.g. 00 for most European countries, and 011 from North America.
Country Code: 30
International Call Prefix: 00
During 2001-2002, Greece moved to a closed ten-digit numbering scheme in two stages, with the result that subscribers' numbers changed twice. For example, before the change, a number in Athens would have been dialed as follows:
xxx xxxx (within Athens)
(01) xxx xxxx (within Greece)
+30 1 xxx xxxx (outside Greece)
In 2001, a '0' was added after the area code, which was incorporated into the subscriber's number:
010 xxx xxxx (within Greece, including Athens)
+30 10 xxx xxxx (outside Greece)
Finally, in 2002, the leading '0' was changed to a '2' (for geographic numbers) :
210 xxx xxxx (within Greece, including Athens)
+30 210 xxx xxxx (outside Greece)
Mobile phone numbers were similarly prefixed with the digit '6'.
Note that, because of number portability, for both geographical and non-geographical (mobile, toll-free, premium rate) numbers, one cannot be sure about the operator that a number belongs to. Thus for geographical numbers, one cannot be sure that a subscriber number that starts with a 0 is operated by OTE or that a toll free number that starts with 800-11 is operated by OTE, also for mobile networks one cannot say for sure if a 69x actually belongs to the mobile carrier whom it assigned to.
Zone 21: Greater Athens Metropolitan Area
- 21 - Athens-Piraeus-Eleusis area
Zone 22: Central Greece and the Aegean Islands
222x - Euboea
- 2221 - Chalkida City
- 2222 - Kymi
- 2223 - Aliveri
- 2224 - Karystos
- 2226 - Edipsos
- 2227 - Mantoudi
- 2228 - Psachna
- 2229 - Eretria
223x - Evrytania and Phthiotis
- 2231 - Lamia
- 2232 - Domokos
- 2233 - Atalanta
- 2234 - Amfikleia
- 2235 - Kamena Vourla
- 2236 - Spercheiada, Makrakomi
- 2237 - Karpenisi
- 2238 - Stylida
224x - Dodecanese
- 2241 - Rhodes, Rhodes City
- 2242 - Kos and Nisyros islands
- 2243 - Kalymnos, Astypalaia
- 2244 - Rhodes Island, Archangelos Area
- 2245 - Karpathos and Kasos islands
- 2246 - Rhodes Island, Salakos Area - Chalki, Kastellorizo, Symi and Tilos islands
- 2247 - Agathonisi, Leros, Leipsoi and Patmos islands
225x - Lesbos, Limnos
- 2251 - Lesbos, Mytilini Area
- 2252 - Lesbos, Agiasos Area
- 2253 - Lesbos, Kalloni Area
- 2254 - Limnos, Agios Efstratios
226x - Boeotia, eastern Phocis
- 2261 - Livadia
- 2262 - Thiva
- 2263 - Dervenochori
- 2264 - Thisvi
- 2265 - Amfissa
- 2266 - Lidoriki
- 2267 - Arachova,Distomo
- 2268 - Aliartos
227x - Chios, Samos and Icaria islands
- 2271 - Chios, Town Area
- 2272 - Chios, Kardamyla Area
- 2273 - Samos
- 2274 - Chios, Volissos Area - Psara island
- 2275 - Ikaria, Fournoi island
228x - Cyclades
- 2281 - Syros, including Kynthos, Serifos and Syros islands
- 2282 - Andros
- 2283 - Tinos
- 2284 - Paros and Sifnos islands
- 2285 - Amorgos and Naxos islands
- 2286 - Folegandros, Ios, Santorini and Sikinos islands
- 2287 - Kimolos and Milos
- 2288 - Kea Island
- 2289 - Mykonos
229x - Attica excluding the area that uses 21
- 2291 - Afidnes
- 2292 - Lavrio
- 2293 - Agios Sotiras
- 2294 - Rafina
- 2295 - Artemida
- 2296 - Megara
- 2297 - Aigina
- 2298 - Trizinia, Poros isl., Hydra isl., Spetses isl.
- 2299 - Markopoulo
Zone 23: Central Macedonia and Florina
2310 - Thessaloniki
- 2310 - Thessaloniki
232x - Serres prefecture
- 2321 - Serres
- 2322 - Nigrita
- 2323 - Sidirokastro
- 2324 - Nea Zichni
- 2325 - Heraklia
233x - Imathia prefecture
- 2331 - Veria (Verroia)
- 2332 - Naoussa
- 2333 - Alexandria
- 2334 through 2339 - not used
234x - Kilkis prefecture
- 2341 - Kilkis
- 2342
- 2343 - Polukastro
- 2344 through 2349 - not used
235x - Pieria prefecture
- 2351 - Katerini
- 2352 - Litochoro
- 2353 - Aiginio
- 2354 through 2359 - not used
237x - Much of Chalkidiki
- 2371 - Polygyros
- 2372 - Arnaia
- 2373 - Nea Moudania
- 2374 - Potidaia
- 2375 - Agios Athanasios
- 2376 - Stratoni
- 2377 - Ieroni, Mount Athos
238x - Pella and Florina Prefectures
- 2381 - Edessa
- 2382 - Giannitsa
- 2383 - not used
- 2384 - Aridaia
- 2385 - Florina
- 2386 - Amyntaio
- 2387 through 2389 - not used
239x - parts of Chalkidiki and Thessaloniki prefectures
- 2391 - Chalkidona
- 2392 - Peraia
- 2393 - Lagkadikia
- 2394 - Lagkadas
- 2395 - Sochos
- 2396 - Vasilika
- 2397 - Asprovalta
- 2399 - Nea Kallikrateia
234x and 236x are not used.
Zone 24: Thessaly and West Macedonia (excluding Florina)
241 - Larissa area
- 241 - Larissa (and area)
242x - Magnesia including the Northern Sporades
- 2421 - Volos
- 2422 - Almyros
- 2423 - Kala Nera
- 2424 - Skopelos
- 2425 - Velestino
- 2426 - Zagora
- 2427 - Skiathos
- 2428 - Keramidi suburban Volos
- 2429 - not used
243x - Trikala prefecture
244x - Karditsa
- 2441 - Karditsa
- 2442 - not used
- 2443 - Sofades
- 2444 - Palamas
- 2445 - Mouzaki
- 2446 through 2449 - not used
246x - West Macedonia excluding the Florina area
- 2461 - Kozani
- 2462 - Grevena
- 2463 - Ptolemaida
- 2464 - Servia
- 2465 - Siatista
- 2466 - not used
- 2467 - Kastoria
- 2468 - Neapoli
- 2469 - not used
249x - Larissa prefecture except for the Larissa area
- 2491 - Farsala
- 2492 - Tyrnavos
- 2493 - Elassona
- 2494 - Agia
- 2495 - Makrychori
- 2496 through 2499 - not used
Zone 25: East Macedonia and Thrace
251 - Kavala area
- 251: Kavala or Kavalla
252x - Drama prefecture
- 2521 - Drama
- 2522 - Prostotsani
- 2523 - Kato Nevrokopi
- 2524 through 2559 - not used
253x - Rodhopi prefecture
- 2531 - Komotini
- 2352 - Sapes
- 2533 - Xylagani
- 2534 - Iasmos
- 2535 through 2539 - not used
254x- Xanthi prefecture
- 2541 - Xanthi
- 2542 - Stavroupoli
- 2543
- 2544 - Echinos
- 2545 through 2549 - not used
255x - Evros Prefecture
- 2551: Alexandroupolis
- 2552: Orestiada
- 2553 - Didymoteicho
- 2554 - Soufli
- 2555 - Feres
- 2556 - Kyprinos
259x - Kavala prefecture except for the Kavala area
- 2591 - Lekani
- 2592 - Chrysoupoli
- 2593 - Thasos
- 2594 - Eleftheroupoli
- 2595 through 2599 - not used
Zone 26: West Greece, Ionian Island and Epirus
261 - Patras and Area
- 261 - Patras (and area)
262x - Elis Prefecture
- 2621 - Pyrgos
- 2622 - Amalias
- 2623 - Lechaina
- 2624 - Lampeia
- 2625 - Krestena
- 2626 - Olympia
263x - Aetolia and western Phocis
- 2632 - Messolonghi
- 2634 - Nafpaktos
264x - Acarnania, Lefkada
- 2641 - Agrinio
- 2642 - Amfilochia
- 2643 - Vonitsa
- 2644 - Thermo
- 2645 - Lefkada
- 2646 - Astakos
- 2647 - Fyteies
265x - Ioannina Prefecture
- 2651 - Ioannina
- 2652 - not used
- 2653 - Asprangeli
- 2654 - Metamorfosi?
- 2655 - Konitsa
- 2656 - Metsovo
- 2657 - Delvinaki
- 2658 - Zitsa
- 2659 - Kalentzi
266x - Corfu prefecture and Thesprotia
- 2661 - Corfu
- 2662 - Lefkimmi
- 2663 - rest Corfu
- 2664 - Filiates
- 2665 - Igoumenitsa
- 2666 - Paramythia
267x - Kefalonia
- 2674 - Sami (Eastern Kefalonia and Ithaca)
- 2671 - Argostoli (central and western Kefalonia)
268x - Arta and Preveza
- 2681 - Arta
- 2682 - Preveza
- 2683 - Filippiada
- 2685 - Athamania
269x - Achaea (except Patras) and Zakynthos
- 2691 - Aegion/Aigion
- 2692 - Kalavryta
- 2693 - Kato Achaia
- 2694 - Chalandritsa
- 2695 - the island of Zakynthos
- 2696 - Akrata
Zone 27: Peloponese and Kythera
271 - Tripoli and area
271: Tripoli (and area)
272x - southern and eastern part of Messenia
- 2721 - Kalamata
- 2722 - Messene
- 2723 - Pylos
- 2724 - Meligalas
- 2725 - Koroni Pylias
273x - Laconia and Kythera
- 2731: Sparta
- 2732: Monemvasia
- 2733: Gythio
- 2734: Kythera
- 2735: Molaoi
274x - Corinthia
- 2741 - Corinth (and area)
- 2742 - Kiato
- 2743 - Xylokastro
- 2744 - Loutraki
- 2746 - Nemea
- 2747 - Stymfalia
275x - eastern Arcadia and Argolida
- 2751 - Argos
- 2752 - Nafplio
- 2753 - Lygourio
- 2754 - Kranidi
- 2755 - Astros
- 2757 - Leonidio
276x - Messenia
- 2761: Kyparissia
- 2763: Gargalianoi
- 2764
279x - Western Arcadia
- 2791 - Megalopoli
- 2795 - Lagkadia
- 2796 - Levidi
- 2797
Zone 28: Crete
281 - Heraklion prefecture
- 281 - Heraklion (and area)
282x - Chania prefecture
- 2821 - Chania
- 2822 - Kissamos
- 2823 - Kantanos
- 2824 - Kolymvari
- 2825 - Vamos
283x - Rethymno prefecture
- 2831 - Rethymno
- 2832 - Spyli
- 2833 - Amari
- 2834 - Perama Mylopotamou
284x - Lasithi
- 2841 - Agios Nikolaos
- 2842 - Ierapetra
- 2843 - Siteia
- 2844 - Tzermadio
289x - rest of Heraklion prefecture
- 2891 - Arkalochori
- 2892 - Moires
- 2893 - Pyrgos
- 2894 - Agia Varvara
- 2895 - Ano Viannos
- 2897 - Limenas Chersonisou
Non-geographic prefixes
All numbers have 10 digits except where specified
- 118xx - Directory services
- 12x, 12xx, 13xx - Network customer services (specific to each carrier)
- 138xx - Customer service and sales for Telephone Companies (accessible from all networks)
- 14xxx - Information services (weather, news etc.)
- 15x, 15xx - National public services (public sector numbers)
- 181xx, 182xx, 183xx - Short Codes for private companies
- 5 - VPNs
- 690 - WIND Hellas mobile
- 691 300 - Telecom Revolution (Viva Telecom)
- 691 888 - OSE
- 692 000 up to 099 - OTE
- 693 - WIND Hellas mobile
- 694 - Vodafone Hellas
- 695 - Vodafone Hellas
- 696 010 up to 019 - OTE
- 696 910 up to 928 - Greek Ministry of National Defense
- 697 - Cosmote mobile
- 698 - Cosmote mobile
- 699 - WIND Hellas mobile (taken over from Q-Telecom mobile, currently new 699 numbers are only given to new "Q-card" prepaid subscribers)
- 70 - Universal Personal Number Service (not yet available)
- 800 - Toll-free numbers
- 801 - “ONEphone” shared-cost services (local call charges apply nationwide)
- 806 - Calls with maximum charge 0,06 EUR/minute
- 812 - Calls with maximum charge 0,12 EUR/minute
- 825 - Calls with maximum charge 0,25 EUR/minute
- 807xxxx - Phonecard services
- 86 - Data services (Internet dialup, Hellaspac packet relay, ERMES email etc.)
- 89 - Data services (Internet dialup, Hellaspac packet relay, ERMES email etc.)
- 901 - Premium rate services
- 909 - Premium rate adult-only services (not active since all adult services operate in the 901 range)
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