Kryoneri ( el, Κρυονέρι , meaning "cold water") is a suburban town of
East Attica
East Attica ( el, Ανατολική Αττική) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the eastern part of the urban agglomeration of Athens, and also the rural area to its east.
Adm ...
,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Dionysos
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; grc, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre. The Romans ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 4.531 km
2.
Geography
Kryoneri is situated in the hills in the northeastern 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 ...
conurbation, at about 380 m elevation. It lies in the eastern foothills of the
Parnitha
Mount Parnitha ( ell, Πάρνηθα, , Katharevousa and grc, Πάρνης ''Parnis''/''Parnes''; sometimes Parnetha) is a densely forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m, and ...
mountains. It is 2 km west of
Agios Stefanos and 20 km northeast 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 ...
city centre.
Motorway 1 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) and the
railway from Athens to Thessaloniki pass east of the town.
Historical population
Kryoneri has historically been an
Arvanite
Arvanites (; Arvanitika: , or , ; Greek: , ) are a bilingual population group in Greece of Albanian origin. They traditionally speak Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek. Their ancestors were first recorded as settler ...
settlement.
Notes
External links
Official websiteGTP Travel Pages (Municipality)(in English and Greek)
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Dionysos, Greece
Populated places in East Attica
Arvanite settlements