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Central Athens
Central Athens ( el, Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the central part of the agglomeration of Greater Athens. Administration As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Central Athens was created out of part of the former Athens Prefecture. It is subdivided into 8 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox): * Municipality of Athens (''Dimos Athinas'', 1) *Dafni-Ymittos (13) *Filadelfeia-Chalkidona (32) *Galatsi (11) *Ilioupoli (16) * Kaisariani (19) *Vyronas (10) *Zografou (15) See also *List of settlements in Attica This is a list of settlements in the region of Attica, Greece. Mainland Attica * Acharnes * Afidnes * Agia Paraskevi * Agia Varvara * Agioi Anargyroi * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Ioannis Rentis * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Stefanos * Aigaleo * Al ... References Regional units of Attica 2011 es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Units Of Greece
The 74 regional units of Greece ( el, περιφερειακές ενότητες, ; sing. , ) are the country's Seventy-four second-level administrative units. They are divisions of the country's 13 regions, and are further divided into municipalities. They were introduced as part of the Kallikratis administrative reform on 1 January 2011 and are comparable in area and, in the mainland, coterminous with the 'pre-Kallikratis' prefectures of Greece During the first administrative division of independent Greece in 1833–1836 and again from 1845 until their abolition with the Kallikratis reform in 2010, the prefectures ( el, νομοί, sing. νομός, translit=nomoi, sing. nomós) were .... List References {{Articles on second-level administrative divisions of European countries Regional units Greece transport-related lists Subdivisions of Greece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Athens (regional Unit)
Central Athens ( el, Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the central part of the agglomeration of Greater Athens. Administration As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Central Athens was created out of part of the former Athens Prefecture. It is subdivided into 8 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox): * Municipality of Athens (''Dimos Athinas'', 1) *Dafni-Ymittos (13) *Filadelfeia-Chalkidona (32) *Galatsi (11) *Ilioupoli (16) *Kaisariani (19) *Vyronas (10) *Zografou (15) See also *List of settlements in Attica This is a list of settlements in the region of Attica, Greece. Mainland Attica * Acharnes * Afidnes * Agia Paraskevi * Agia Varvara * Agioi Anargyroi * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Ioannis Rentis * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Stefanos * Aigaleo * Al ... References Regional units of Attica 2011 est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In Attica
This is a list of settlements in the region of Attica, Greece. Mainland Attica * Acharnes * Afidnes * Agia Paraskevi * Agia Varvara * Agioi Anargyroi * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Ioannis Rentis * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Stefanos * Aigaleo * Alimos * Amarousio * Anavyssos * Ano Liosia * Anoixi * Anthousa * Argyroupoli * Artemida * Aspropyrgos * Athens * Avlonas * Chaidari * Chalandri * Cholargos * Dafni * Dionysos * Drapetsona * Drosia * Ekali * Eleusis * Elliniko * Erythres * Filothei * Fyli * Galatsi * Gerakas * Glyfada * Glyka Nera * Grammatiko * Ilion * Ilioupoli * Irakleio * Kaisariani * Kalamos * Kallithea * Kalyvia Thorikou * Kamatero * Kapandriti * Keratea * Keratsini * Kifisia * Korydallos * Kouvaras * Kropia * Kryoneri * Lavreotiki * Lykovrysi * Magoula * Malakasa * Mandra * Marathon * Markopoulo Mesogaias * Markopoulo Oropou * Megara * Melissia * Metamorfosi * Moschato * Nea Chalkidona * Nea Erythraia * Nea Filadelfeia * Nea Ionia * Nea Makri * Nea Palatia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zografou
Zografou ( el, Ζωγράφου) is a suburb of approximately 71,000 in the eastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It was named after the Greek politician Ioannis Zografos. To the east of Zografou lies mount Hymettus. The area, being close to the centre of Athens, developed similar urban sprawl characteristics, with high-rise buildings of even 10 stories tall being the norm. The municipality is also home to the National and Kapodistrian university of Athens and National Technical university of Athens campuses and therefore, a great part of its population is university students. Zografou includes the smaller areas of Ilissia and Goudi. Geography Zografou is an inner suburb of Athens, located about 4 km east of Athens city centre. The municipality has an area of 8.517 km2. Towards the east the municipality extends to the forested Hymettus mountain. The built-up area of Zografou is continuous with that of mucipality of Athens. A large campus of the National a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyronas
Vyronas ( el, Βύρωνας) is a suburban town and a municipality in the southeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the famous English poet and writer, who is a national hero of Greece. Formerly part of the municipality of Athens, Vyronas was created as a community in 1933, and became a municipality in 1934. The municipality has an area of 9.204 km2. Vyronas is an inner suburb of Athens, located about 3 km southeast of Athens city centre. Towards the southeast the municipality extends to the forested Hymettus mountain. The built-up area of Vyronas is continuous with that of municipality of Athens and the neighbouring suburbs Kaisariani, Ymittos and Ilioupoli. Motorway 64 runs through the southeastern part of the municipality. Climate Vyronas has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Csa''). Vyronas experiences cool, wet winters and hot, relatively dry summers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaisariani
Kaisariani ( el, Καισαριανή) is a suburb and a municipality in the eastern part of the Athens agglomeration in Greece. Geography Kaisariani is located about southeast of Athens city centre, and of the Acropolis of Athens. The municipality has an area of 7.841 km2. Towards the east the municipality extends to the forested Hymettus mountain, where the 11th century Kaisariani Monastery is situated. The built-up area of Kaisariani is continuous with that of the center of Athens and the suburb Vyronas to the southwest. The main thoroughfare is Ethnikis Antistasis Avenue, which connects Kaisariani with the center of Athens and the eastern beltway Motorway 64 (Greece), Motorway 64. History The town was founded in 1922 as a refugee camp for Greek refugees, refugees driven from Asia Minor, most of whom coming from Smyrna. Formerly part of the municipality of Athens, Kaisariani was created as a municipality in 1933. The name was derived from Caesarea, the historical capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilioupoli
Ilioupoli ( el, Ηλιούπολη, "Sun City") is a suburban municipality belongs to Central Athens regional unit and located in the central-southern part of the Athens. Its name is the modern form of the ancient name of Heliopolis in Egypt. Development of Ilioupoli started around 1924, when Greek refugees from Asia Minor settled there. Ilioupoli is twinned with Novi Sad (Serbia) and Larnaca (Cyprus). Geography Ilioupoli is southeast of Athens city centre. The municipality has an area of 12.724 km2. It lies at the western foot of the forested Hymettus mountain, which covers the eastern half of the municipality. Its built-up area is continuous with those of neighbouring suburbs Ymittos, Agios Dimitrios, Alimos and Argyroupoli. The main thoroughfares are Vouliagmenis Avenue, which connects Ilioupoli with central Athens, and Venizelou Avenue, which connects with Motorway 64. Ilioupoli station is served by Line 2 of the Athens Metro. Ilioupoli is also linked by bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galatsi
Galatsi ( el, Γαλάτσι, ''Galátsi'' ), called in Katharevousa Galatsion ( el, Γαλάτσιον, ''Galátsion''), is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region. The municipality has an area of 4.026 km2. Until the mid-20th century, the area was mainly made up of farmlands but due to the continuous expansion of the Greek capital, Galatsi was rapidly urbanised and has come to lie in the center of the Athens agglomeration. Etymology Although several etymologies have been proposed about the origin of the name ''Galatsi'', which already appears in the book of 1870, ''History of Athens'', it originates from the surname of Symeon Galakis, a squire who purchased lands around the church of Agia Glykeria in 1851. Consequently, the whole area was given his name, which, according to the phenomenon featuring the old Athenian phonology and known as tsitakism, was pronounced 'Galatsis', thus the name of the area was finally ''Galatsi''. An altern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filadelfeia-Chalkidona
Filadelfeia-Chalkidona ( el, Φιλαδέλφεια-Χαλκηδόνα) is a municipality in the Central Athens regional unit, Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Nea Filadelfeia. The municipality has an area of 3.650 km2. Municipality The municipality Filadelfeia–Chalkidona was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *Nea Chalkidona *Nea Filadelfeia Nea Filadelfeia ( el, Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια, meaning ''New Philadelphia'') is a suburb of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, of which it is the seat and a municip ... References Municipalities of Attica Populated places in Central Athens (regional unit) {{Attica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafni-Ymittos
Dafni-Ymittos ( el, Δάφνη-Υμηττός) is a municipality in the Central Athens regional unit, Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Dafni. The municipality has an area of 2.350 km2. Municipality The municipality Dafni–Ymittos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Dafni *Ymittos Ymittos ( el, Υμηττός), is a suburb of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dafni-Ymittos, of which it is a municipal unit. With a land area of 0.975 km², it was the second-smallest mu ... References Municipalities of Attica Populated places in Central Athens (regional unit) {{Attica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Gazette (Greece)
The ''Government Gazette'' ( el, Εφημερίς της Κυβερνήσεως, translit=Efimeris tis Kyverniseos, translit-std=ISO, lit=Government Gazette) is the official journal of the Government of Greece which lists all laws passed in a set time period ratified by Cabinet and President. It was first issued in 1833. Until 1835, during the regency on behalf of King Otto, the gazette was bilingual in Greek and German. No law in Greece is valid until is published in this journal. Foundations, duties and rights of juridical persons should be published in this journal. The printed issues of the Government Gazette are sold by the National Printing House of Greece. They can also be searched and downloaded from the official site of the House. An issue of the gazette is called "Government Gazette Issue" (, ''ΦΕΚ'', ''FEK''), Each issue is separated into volumes called «Τεύχος» with distinct roles. References Publications established in 1833 Newspapers published in Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
