Ilioupoli ( el, Ηλιούπολη, " Sun

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") is a suburban municipality belongs to

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regional unit and located in the central-southern part of the

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. 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

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(Serbia) and

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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

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mountain, which covers the eastern half of the municipality. Its built-up area is continuous with those of neighbouring suburbs

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and

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. The main thoroughfares are

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, which connects Ilioupoli with central Athens, and Venizelou Avenue, which connects with Motorway 64.

Ilioupoli station Ilioupoli, also known as Ilioupoli–Grigoris Lambrakis ( el, Ηλιούπολη–Γρηγόρης Λαμπράκης), is an intermediate station on Athens Metro Line 2. It opened with the Elliniko extension on 26 July 2013. The station is adja ...

is served by Line 2 of the Athens Metro. Ilioupoli is also linked by bus to downtown Athens (OASA 237 line), to Glyfada (OASA 140 line) and

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(OASA 218 line). Ilioupoli is subdivided into 11 quarters: Agia Marina, Agia Mavra, Agia Paraskevi, Agios Konstantinos-Kanaria, Ano Ilioupoli, Astynomika-Panorama, Kato Ilioupoli, Kentro, Nisaki, Typografika and Chalikaki. Ilioupoli has an uncommon street plan, characterised by 5 sets of concentric circular or oval streets.

Climate

Ilioupoli has a hot-summer

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: ''Csa''). Ilioupoli experiences hot, dry summers and mild, wetter winters.

Current Weather (2021)

Weather records for 2021 in Ilioupoli (as of 1 November 2021) are given below:

Historical population

Landmarks

*Anapsiktirio "Demetrios Kintis" *Plateia Iroon (Iroon Square) *Koimisi tis Theotokou Church *Kentriki Plateia (Central Square) *The Stouggaris Building (Sophia the fox, big one) *Plateia Kanaria (Kanaria Square) *Plateia Flemingk (Fleming Square)

Sports

Ilioupoli is the seat of the clubs

Charavgiakos F.C. Charavgiakos Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Χαραυγιακός Ηλιούπολης) is a Greek football club based in Ilioupoli, Central Athens, Greece. Honours Domestic ** Gamma Ethniki Champion (1): *** 1985–86 ** Delta Ethniki Delta co ...

, club founded in 1949 and Ilioupoli F.C., club founded in 1953.

References

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External links

Official website

Europe/Greece/Attica/Attiki/Ilioupoli/ Photos of Ilioupoli
*http://www.cityofilioupolis.gr/ (in Greek)
Ilioupoli's online shopping guide
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