Built-up areaGreece
Traffic rules
Greece
1. Built-up area
A built-up area is an area containing concentrated buildings, streets and regular local activity. Drivers should expect more pedestrians, cyclists, intersections, parked vehicles, public transport and vehicles entering or leaving properties.
Many countries apply special traffic rules and lower default speed limits within built-up areas. The area may be identified by entrance and exit signs, street lighting or other legal criteria, so drivers must follow local signs and regulations.
How do people refer to a built-up area in Greece?
The Greek Road Code uses κατοικημένη περιοχή for a built-up area. Its entrances and exits are marked by the corresponding traffic signs.
🔗 aade.gr • Greece, Road Traffic Code 5209/2025 — articles 24, 114(1); signs Article 7
🔗 api.et.gr • Greece, Law 5322/2026 — Articles 75–76 amending Code 24 and 44
Start of a built-up area.
English • Traffic sign Π-58 • Beginning of a residential area.
Ελληνικά • Π-58 • Αρχή περιοχής κατοικίας.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 3.0)
🔗 Aade.gr • Ν. 5209/2025 • ΚΟΚ • άρθρο 7 παρ. 4 περ. οδ
🔗 Aade.gr • Παράρτημα Α΄ • Π-58
SVG source: Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 3.0 • Original revision 2022-02-06. Wikimedia original unmodified.
End of the built-up area.
English • Traffic sign Π-59 • End of a residential area.
Ελληνικά • Π-59 • Τέλος περιοχής κατοικίας.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 3.0)
🔗 Aade.gr • Ν. 5209/2025 • ΚΟΚ • άρθρο 7 παρ. 4 περ. οε
🔗 Aade.gr • Παράρτημα Α΄ • Π-59
SVG source: Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 3.0 • Original revision 2022-02-06. Wikimedia original unmodified.
How can you recognise a built-up area in Greece?
Observe the official built-up-area entrance and end signs, alongside any speed-limit signs. The legal category depends on these boundaries; a direction sign naming a town is not its entrance.
🔗 aade.gr • Greece, Road Traffic Code 5209/2025 — articles 24, 114(1); signs Article 7
🔗 api.et.gr • Greece, Law 5322/2026 — Articles 75–76 amending Code 24 and 44
What speed limit applies to cars in a built-up area in Greece?
Since 1 January 2026, the general maximum is 30 km/h. A 50 km/h default applies to specified wider road layouts, including qualifying multi-lane and centrally divided roads, unless signs establish another limit.
🔗 aade.gr • Greece, Road Traffic Code 5209/2025 — articles 24, 114(1); signs Article 7
🔗 api.et.gr • Greece, Law 5322/2026 — Articles 75–76 amending Code 24 and 44
Which Greek built-up roads have the wider-road speed exception?
The 50 km/h default covers one-way roads with at least two marked traffic lanes, two-way roads with at least two marked lanes in each direction, and two-way roads with a central reservation. Follow any different signed limit.
🔗 aade.gr • Greece, Road Traffic Code 5209/2025 — articles 24, 114(1); signs Article 7
🔗 api.et.gr • Greece, Law 5322/2026 — Articles 75–76 amending Code 24 and 44
