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'''Athens''' is a [[consolidated city-county]] and [[college town]] in the U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Downtown Athens lies about {{convert|70 miles|mi}} northeast of, or about one hour from, downtown [[Atlanta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Atlanta downtown to Athens downtown |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Athens,+Georgia/Atlanta,+Georgia/@33.9033621,-83.8719894,9z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m2!1m1!1s0x88f66d19b4b433b9:0x4d747202d69d617c!1m2!1m1!1s0x88f5045d6993098d:0x66fede2f990b630b!3e0?hl=en-us |website=google.com |publisher=[[Google]] |access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref> The [[University of Georgia]], the state's flagship public university and an [[Research I university|R1 research institution]], is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth. In 1991, after a vote the preceding year, the original City of Athens abandoned its charter to form a unified government with [[Clarke County, Georgia|Clarke County]], referred to jointly as Athens–Clarke County where it is the [[county seat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athensclarkecounty.com/index.aspx?nid=113|title=Unification of Athens & Clarke County|work=athensclarkecounty.com|access-date=March 16, 2015}}</ref>
 
As of 2020, the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]]'s population of the consolidated city-county (all of Clarke County except [[Winterville, Georgia|Winterville]] and a portion of [[Bogart, Georgia|Bogart]]) was 127,315.<ref name="QuickFacts" /> Athens is the [[Georgia (U.S. state)#Major cities|sixth-most populous city]] in Georgia, and the principal city of the [[Athens-Clarke County, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area|Athens metropolitan area]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bulletins/fy05/b05-02_appendix.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060320183101/http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bulletins/fy05/b05-02_appendix.pdf|url-status=dead|title=U.S. Whitehouse OMB Bulletin No. 05-02 Appendix (Code 12020*)|archive-date=March 20, 2006}}</ref> which had a 2020 population of 215,415, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.<ref name="2020Pop" /> Metropolitan Athens is a component of the larger [[Atlanta metropolitan area|Atlanta–Athens–Clarke County–Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/cph-t/CPH-T-2.pdf |title=Statistical data|website=census.gov}}</ref>