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Asty (Greek: ἄστυ; Ancient Greek: [ásty]) was the physical space of a city or town in Ancient Greece, especially as opposed to the political concept of a polis, which encompassed the entire territory and citizen body of a city-state.^[1]

In Classical Athens, the asty was specifically the urban demoi of Attica, as opposed to the inland (mesogeia) and coastal (paralia) demoi that comprised each of the ten Attic tribes.^[1] Despite their name, most of the demoi of the asty were rural in character.^[1] Comprising about 42 of the 139 demoi of the Athenian state, they provided about 130 bouleutai in the 500-strong boule.^[1] However, due to their proximity to the city of Athens, they were over-represented in the institutions of the Athenian democracy; in surviving records, the names of the bouleutai from the asty are mentioned 1.5 to 2 times as often as those from the rest of Attica.^[1]

Asty demoi located within Athens inside the Themistoclean Wall:

• Coele
• Collytus
• Cydathenaeum
• Melite
• Scambonidae

Asty demoi located within Athens outside the Themistoclean Wall:

• Ankyle (Upper & Lower)
• Agryle (Upper & Lower)
• Alopece
• Butadae
• Cerameis
• Ceriadae
• Daedalidae
• Diomea
• Laciadae
• Piraeus
• Xypete

Asty demoi located outside Athens:

• Cholargos
• Colonae
• Ikarion
• Probalinthos
• Rhamnous
• Semachidae

Unlocated asty demoi:

• Cholleidai
• Eitea
• Hippotomadai
• Otryne