Infobox Greek Dimos name Afidnes name local image map Kinotita Afidnon.png map caption Location within the regional unit periph Attica region Attica periphunit East Attica municipality Oropos pop municunit 2543 population as of 2001 area municunit 34.638 elevation 361 lat deg 38 lat min 12 lon deg 23 lon min 50 postal code 190 14 area code 22920 licence Z mayor website image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal districts party since elevation min elevation max Afidnes lang el , Lang grc or , from the Middle Ages until 1919 Kiourka ref http pandektis.ekt.gr pandektis handle 10442 171378 Name changes of settlements in Greece ref is a suburban town near Athens , Attica , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos , of which it is a municipal unit. ref name Kallikratis http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 FEKB129211082010 kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior el icon ref It is situated in the eastern foothills of the Parnitha mountains, 3 km southwest of Polydendri , 5 km southeast of Malakasa and 27 km north of Athens city centre. Afidnes has a station on the railway line from Athens to Lamia city Lamia and Thessaloniki . The Motorway 1 Greece Motorway 1 Athens Lamia Thessaloniki passes east of the town. Ancient Aphidna was one of the twelve ancient towns of Attica. In Greek mythology, Aphidna was the place where Theseus left Helen of Troy Helen after he had abducted her. ref cite DGRG title Aphidna url first last volume 1 pages 157 ref The archaeological site of Aphidnae is small. The area was excavated in the 19th century. The area features about 13 Middle Helladic tumulus. Settlements The community Afidnes consists of the following settlements Af dnes 2001 census pop ... Afidnes width 30 align center East Marathon, Greece Marathonas width 35 align center Southwest ... Greek cities ar el ext Afinas it Afidnes ... more details
Infobox station name Afidnes Railway Station br image image size image caption address Afidnes coordinates coord 38.1877 23.8446 type railwaystation region GR display it line Piraeus Platy railway other structure depth levels platform 2 tracks 2 parking bicycle baggage check opened March 8, 1904 electrified ADA code owned TrainOSE zone status former web map passengers mpassengers services route map Afidnes lang el , Sidirodromikos Stathmos Afidnon is a railway station in Afidnes , a suburb north of Athens , Greece . It is situated on the Piraeus Platy railway , at km 40.086 from Piraeus. The station was opened on March 8, 1904. It has two platforms. It is located outside the village of Afidnes. After the station was built, a new settlement arose near it named Stathmos Afidnon Afidnes station . Initially, the station was known as the Kiourka station , after the former name of Afidnes. TRAINOSE rail start Rail line previous Agios Stefanos Railway Station Agios Stefanos next Malakasa Sfendali route Piraeus Platy railway col 000000 s end Category TrainOSE stations Category East Attica Category Railway stations in Greece Greece railstation stub el ... more details
Drosopigi Greek meaning cool spring may refer to several villages in Greece Drosopigi, Arta , a village in the Arta Prefecture Drosopigi, Attica , a subdivision of Afidnes in Attica Drosopigi, Corinthia , a village in Corinthia Drosopigi, Evrytania , a village in Evrytania Drosopigi, Florina , a village in the Florina Prefecture Drosopigi, Ioannina , a village in the Ioannina Prefecture Drosopigi, Laconia , a village in Laconia Drosopigi, Messenia , a village in Messenia Drosopigi, Pella , a village in the Pella Prefecture Drosopigi, Trikala , a village in the Trikala Prefecture geodis ... more details
Infobox Station name Agios Stefanos Railway Station br image image size image caption address Agios Stefanos, Attica Agios Stefanos coordinates coord 38.14 23.859 display it line Piraeus Platy railway other structure depth levels platform 2 tracks 2 parking bicycle baggage check opened March 8, 1904 electrified ADA code owned TrainOSE zone status former web map passengers mpassengers services route map Agios Stefanos lang el is a railway station in Agios Stefanos, Attica Agios Stefanos , north of Athens , Greece , at km 33.5 of the Piraeus Platy railway . The station was opened on March 8, 1904. It has two platforms. In the early years, the station was known under the name Bogiati or Vogiati , which derived from a common name of the settlement of Agios Stefanos. It was renamed to Oion and changed again to its current name in the 1980s. An extension of ISAP line 1 of Attiko Metro from Kifisia station to Agios Stefanos station has been proposed. ref name isap http www.oasa.gr index.asp?pageid 248 ISAP extension el icon ref In popular culture The station then known as Oion was filmed as the fictional Thymaria station in the 1954 film Oute gata oute zimia . References reflist TRAINOSE rail start Rail line next Afidnes railway station Afidnes previous Dekeleia railway station Dekeleia route Piraeus Platy railway col 000000 s end Category East Attica Category Transport in Athens Category Railway stations in Greece Greece railstation stub el ... more details
Image Asine1jpg.jpg thumb right Hellenistic and later walls at Asine Argolid , a Swedish excavation since the 1920s. The Swedish Institute at Athens lang sv Svenska Institutet I Athen lang el is one of the 17 List of Foreign Archaeological Institutes in Greece foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens , Greece . General information, facilities Established in 1948, the Swedish Institute at Athens was the 7th Foreign Archaeological Institute to be founded in Greece, and the first since World War I. Since then, it has developed an important record of fieldwork both excavation and survey in Crete. Together with its Danish Institute at Athens Danish , Finnish Institute at Athens Finnish and Norwegian Institute at Athens Norwegian counterparts, the Swedish Institute contributes to the Nordic Library at Athens . Kavala The Institute also owns a Bauhaus mansion at Kavala , available as a residence to Swedish artists, writers and scholars. Archaeological work File Macra Come view.jpg 300px thumb Macra Come, Fthiotis , examined by the Institute since 2010. Archaeological Projects conducted by the Swedish Institute include excavations at Afidnes Aphidna Attica , Asine Argolid , Ayios Elias Arcadia , Berbati Argolid , Chania Kastelli Crete , Dendra Argolid , Kalaureia Poros , Malthi Messenia , Midea Argolid , Paradeisos Western Thrace , and archaeological field survey surveys at Asea, Greece Asea Arcadia and Makrakomi Fthiotis . List of directors Erik Holmberg 1947 1948 ke kerstr m 1948 1956 Arne Furumark 1956 1957 Paul str m 1958 1963 Carl Gustaf Styrenius 1963 1971 ke kerstr m 1971 1972 Pontus Hellstr m 1972 1976 Robin H gg 1976 1994 Berit Wells 1994 2003 Ann Louise Schallin 2004 2010 Arto Penttinen 2010 See also Swedish Institute Bibliography E. Korka et al. eds. Foreign Archaeological Schools in Greece, 160 Years, Athens, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2006, p. 144 151. External links http www.sia.gr Swedish Institute at Athens web ... more details
for the car rally Akademos Rally Akademos lang grc or Hekademos , Academus , or Hecademus was an Attica Attic hero cult hero in Greek mythology . The tale traditionally told of him is that when Castor and Pollux invaded Attica to liberate their sister Helen of Troy Helen , he betrayed to them that she was kept concealed at Afidnes Aphidnae . For this reason the Tyndareus Tyndarids always showed him much gratitude, and whenever the Lacedaemonia ns invaded Attica, they always spared the land belonging to Academus which lay on the Cephissus Athenian plain Cephissus , six Stadia length stadia from Athens. ref Plutarch , Theseus 32 ref ref Diogenes La rtius iii. L 9 ref This piece of land was subsequently adorned with Platanus orientalis plane and olive plantations, ref Plutarch , Cimon 13 ref and was called Academia from its original owner. ref Citation last Schmitz first Leonhard author link Leonhard Schmitz contribution Academus editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 5 publisher place Boston year 1867 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0014.html ref His name was linked to the archaic name for the site of Plato s Platonic Academy Academy , the Hekademeia , outside the walls of Athens . The site was sacred to Athena, the goddess of wisdom , and other immortals it had sheltered her religious cult since the Bronze Age, which was perhaps associated with the hero gods, the Dioscuri Dioskouroi Castor mythology Castor and Pollux mythology Polydeukes , for the hero Akademos associated with the site was credited with revealing to the Divine Twins where Theseus had hidden Helen of Troy . By classical times the name of the place had evolved into the Akademeia . Its sacred grove furnished the olive oil that was distributed as prizes in the Panathenaic Games and contained in the finely decorated Panathenaic amphora e presented to the winners. Akademeia was the source of ... more details
Varympompi or Varibobi lang el is a suburban community, part of the municipality of Acharnes , East Attica , Greece . It is located about 20 km N of Athens via the nearest interchange 17th km with Greek National Road 1 GR 1 European route E75 E75 . Varympompi has 3 exits, at the 17th km, the 21st km and at around the 25th km to the north. The suburban community is situated east of the Parnitha mountains, and the northern portion of the Athenian plain lies to the north. Varympompi s main street is Tatoiou and the other is linked directly with Kifissia Avenue and Greek National Road 83 GR 83 . Varympompi is located SE of Thiva , ESE of Chalkida , W of Marathon, Greece Marathon and NE of the Attiki Odos . Nearest places Acharnes , southwest Thrakomakedones , west Dekeleia Afidnes , north Agios Stefanos Athens , Greece Agios Stefanos , east Ekali , southeast Nea Erythraia , southeast Kifissia , south Geography and Information List of postal codes in Greece Postal code 136 71 Elevation Lowest Cephissus Athenian plain Cephissus Centre 300 m Highest western part Dialing code 30 210 816 The village is situated between a farmland and a forest setting. The forests of parnitha mainly of pines, cedars and fir trees along with hiking routes lie to the west while farmlands are to the east. Suburban housing came in the 1980s and continues in the 2000s. Varympompi also has a small race track for practicing. The Olympic stadiums are within Varympompi. The panorama includes the northeastern Attica mountains, the northern portion of the Athens metropolitan area and mount Penteli . On August 1998 August 5, 1998 , the 1998 forest fires in Greece at 3 p.m. EET EEST 12 p.m. UTC GMT raged west of the superhighway and engulfed four factories in the area. The September 1999 earthquake affected some homes but caused minor damaged. Properties further north did not cause any damages in that earthquake. Other Varympompi has a small school, a lyceum, a gymnasia high school , a church, ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Kapandriti name local image map Kinotita Kapandritiou.png map caption Location within the regional unit periph Attica region Attica periphunit East Attica municipality Oropos pop municunit 2937 population as of 2001 area municunit 36.789 elevation 356 lat deg 38 lat min 13 lon deg 23 lon min 53 postal code 190 14 area code 22950 licence Z mayor website http www.kapandriti.gr www.kapandriti.gr image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal districts party since elevation min elevation max Kapandriti lang el Modern , Ancient Katharevousa Kapandrition is a town near Marathon, Greece Marathon in the north of Attica in Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos , of which it is a municipal unit. ref name Kallikratis http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 FEKB129211082010 kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior el icon ref Kapandriti is linked by road to Nea Makri , Afidnes , and Kalamos, Attica Kalamos . Kapandriti is located north east of Athens , east of Greek National Road 1 GR 1 European route E75 E75 Athens Lamia Thessaloniki and north of Rafina . Businesses are the most popular industry in Kapandriti, agriculture dominates the outskirts and Mikrochori Kapandritis. Housing developments came in the 1990s but slowly boomed. Other larger settlements around Kapandriti include Mikrochori Kapandriti pop. 372 and gioi An rgyroi 239 . L mni Marath nos formerly was inhabited but is now abandoned. Two monasteries lie north of Kapandriti. Historical population class wikitable Year Village population Community population 1981 1,676 1991 1,597 1,838 2001 2,326 2,937 See also List of municipalities of Attica , Including communities References reflist External links http www.kapandriti.gr Official website el icon under construction http www.cityofkapandriti.gr City of Kapandriti el icon http www.gtp.gr LocPage.asp?id 305 GTP Travel Pages Community http www.kapandrit ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Polydendri name local image map Kinotita Polydendriou.png image skyline caption skyline map caption Location within the regional unit periph Attica region Attica periphunit East Attica municipality Oropos pop municunit 1438 population as of 2001 area municunit 13.881 elevation lat deg 38 lat min 12 lon deg 23 lon min 52 postal code area code licence mayor website city flag city seal districts party since elevation min elevation max Polydendri Greek language Greek , English language English Many trees is a town and former Communities and Municipalities of Greece community of East Attica , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos , of which it is a municipal unit. ref name Kallikratis http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 FEKB129211082010 kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior el icon ref It is located north of Athens . The town contains no more than 1,179 residents 2001 census and it has many cultural unions, such as a youth union, a traditional dance union, an athletic club the Black Eagle of Polydendri playing at the athletic center of Gourezi , a tracking club and a heavy metal society called the Obscure and numbering 1.500 members from all around Greece . Furthermore, Polydendri is known for its taverns. The municipal unit has a land area of 13.881 km and also includes the villages of Taxi rches pop. 101 , Irakleide s 98 , and gios Ge rgios 60 . Its total population was 1,438 at the 2001 census. History During ancient times, the entire north Attica area was called Afidnes . During the Middle Ages , the inhabitants of the village were Scandinavia n shepherds that reached the village at the end of the 9th century. There are many questions concerning the reasons that made those Vikings reach the north of Attica, but there are still remains of their civilization a dozen buildings around the river, at the southeast of the village, have Viking architecture . Du ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Oropos name local image coa image map 2011 Dimos Oropou.png image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal districts party since periph Attica region Attica periphunit East Attica pop municipality 33448 area municipality 317.5 pop community 1252 area community 12.0 population as of 2001 population ref http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 FEKB129211082010 kallikratis.pdf source elevation min 45 elevation max lat deg 38 lat min 18 lat hem N lon deg 23 lon min 45 lon hem E postal code 190 15 area code 22950 licence Z mayor website Oropos Greek is a small town and a Communities and Municipalities of Greece municipality in East Attica , Greece . Geography It is situated on the southern Euboean Gulf, opposite Eretria . Oropos is located N of Avlona and Athens , E of Thebes, Greece Thebes and SE of Chalcis . Oropos is linked with the road linking Nea Palatia and Sikamino . Oropos is also linked with the service road which links with the Greek National Road 1 GR 1 European route E75 E75 at its nearest interchanges. The area around Oropos supports farmlands with olive groves to the south and with some mountains to the south. South of the superhighway is the Parnitha mountain. Various businesses form the industry of Oropos, and agriculture dominates the farmlands. Municipality The present municipality Oropos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 9 former municipalities, that became municipal units constituent communities in brackets ref name Kallikratis http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 FEKB129211082010 kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior el icon ref Afidnes Avlonas, Attica Avlonas Kalamos, Attica Kalamos Kapandriti Malakasa Markopoulo Oropou Oropioi Nea Palatia , Skala Oropou and Oropos Polydendri Sykamino Nearest places Chalkoutsi , north Skala Oropou , northeast Milessi , east Avlona , south Oinofyta , west History Image Map greek sanctuaries en.svg right thumb 300px The sanctuar ... more details
and the south in the early and mid 1990s which began near the Afidnes toll. In 1995, Motorway 1 ... , Greece Agios Stefanos 21st km Varybobi Agios Stefanos interchange 25th km near Afidnes and the Aphidnes ... more details
From 1 January 2011, in accordance with the Kallikratis plan , the administrative system of Greece was drastically overhauled. For the current list, see List of municipalities of Greece 2011 . This is an alphabetical list of Communities and Municipalities of Greece municipalities and communities in Greece from 1997 to 2010, under the Kapodistrias Plan . For an ordered list of cities with population over 30,000 see List of cities in Greece . NOTOC A A B B C C D D E E F F G G H H I I K K L L M M N N O O P P R R S S T T V V X X Y Y Z Z See also See also A class wikitable Name Modern Greek Greek name Prefectures of Greece Prefecture Alternative names Abdera, Thrace Abdera Xanthi Avdira Acharnes East Attica Acharnae, Acharnai, Menidi Acheloos municipality Acheloos Karditsa Acherontas Thesprotia Achilleio Corfu Achinos Serres Achladochori Serres Achladokampos Argolis Aegina Piraeus Egine, Eyne, Egina Aetomilitsa Ioannina Aetos, Florina Aetos Florina Aetos, Messenia Aetos Messenia Afantou Dodecanese Afetes Magnesia Afidnes East Attica Kiourka Agathonisi Dodecanese E ek, Ke i Agia, Larissa Agia Larissa Agia Paraskevi Athens Agia Paraskevi, Kozani Agia Paraskevi Kozani Agia Paraskevi, Lesbos Agia Paraskevi Lesbos Agia Triada, Kastoria Agia Triada Kastoria Agia Varvara Athens Agia Varvara, Heraklion Agia Varvara Heraklion Agiasos Lesbos Ayasu Agioi Anargyroi Athens Agioi Anargyroi, Kastoria Agioi Anargyroi Kastoria Agioi Theodoroi Corinthia Agios Athanasios, Thessaloniki Agios Athanasios Thessaloniki Agios Dimitrios Athens Brahami Agios Dimitrios, Ioannina Agios Dimitrios Ioannina Agios Efstratios Lesbos Bozbaba Agios Georgios, Corfu Agi ... more details
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