The Municipality of Aegina belongs to the Peripheral Unity of the Attica Region. The island of Aegina, belonging to the Argosaronikos, together with the nearby islets belong to the particular municipality.
The Municipality of Aegina has an area of ​​87.41km2 and a population of 13.056 inhabitants, based on the latest census of 2011.
The seat of the Municipality is the city of Aegina.
The island of Aegina is only 16 Nm from Piraeus. On its hill, the ancient temple of Aphaia dominates, and it is said that if straight lines join this particular temple, with the Parthenon on the Acropolis and the Temple of Poseidon in Sounio, an equilateral triangle is formed and its peaks are viewed from one another.
According to mythology, the first king of Aegina was Aiakos, the son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina, whose son her name called the island with her name.
Aegina was inhabited in the Neolithic Age. Later it was conquered by Minoans, Achaeans, Dorians. The island was developed commercially and nautically. In the 6th century Aegina was the first city in Greece to cut the coin.
After the Revolution of 1821 against the Turkish yoke, Aegina was designated as the seat of the first Greek government led by Ioannis Kapodistrias, before being transferred to Nafplio.
Aegina, due to its proximity to Attica, has many winter summer vacationers. Of course, the island's population doubles in the summer months. Aegina, apart from its picturesque harbor, which is also its capital, has many perks such as Perdika, the fishing village opposite Moni, Agia Marina, Pharos, Marathon etc. It has excellent beaches with the most famous beach of Agia Marina, but it is also very nice in Souvala, Marathon and more.
On the island there is also the Monastery of Saint Nektarios, where Saint lived in the last years of his life and there is kept his body there.