Agioi Anargyroi ( el, Άγιοι Ανάργυροι) is a suburb in the north-central part of the
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 a ...
agglomeration,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...
. It takes its name from the "
Holy Unmercenaries": saints who received no payment for their medical services. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero
Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero ( el, Άγιοι Ανάργυροι-Καματερό) is a municipality in the West Athens regional unit, Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Agioi Anargyroi.
Municipality
The municipality Agioi Anar ...
, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
Geography
Agioi Anargyroi is located north of Athens city centre. The municipal unit has an area of 3.200 km
2.
Its built-up area is continuous with that of municipality of Athens and the neighbouring suburbs
Peristeri
Peristeri ( Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipality of Greece ...
,
Ilion,
Kamatero,
Acharnes
Acharnes ( el, Αχαρνές, , before 1915: Μενίδι Menidi, ) is a northwestern suburb of Athens, Attica, Greece. With 106,943 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the most populous municipality in East Attica. It is part of the Athens Urban ar ...
,
Nea Filadelfeia and
Nea Chalkidona.
Motorway 1 (Athens–Thessaloniki) passes east of the town. Agioi Anargyroi has a
station on the
Athens–Thessaloniki railway. The old metric
Piraeus–Patras railway passes through the town as well.
Historical population
International relations
Agioi Anargyroi is
twinned with:
*
Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ;
* Silesian:
** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole''
** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole''
* Silesian German: ''Uppeln''
* Czech: ''Opolí''
* Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city l ...
, Poland
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References
;Notes
External links
Municipality of Agioi AnargyroiInformation on Agioi Anargyroi
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Populated places in West Athens (regional unit)