Vyronas ( el, Βύρωνας) is a suburban town and a municipality in the southeastern 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 ...

agglomeration,

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. The town is named after

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, the famous

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poet and writer, who is a

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of Greece. Formerly part of the municipality of

, 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

city centre. Towards the southeast the municipality extends to the forested

Hymettus Hymettus (), also Hymettos (; el, Υμηττός, translit=Ymittós, pronounced ), is a mountain range in the Athens area of Attica, East Central Greece. It is also colloquially known as ''Trellós'' (crazy) or ''Trellóvouno'' (crazy mountain) ...

mountain. The built-up area of Vyronas is continuous with that of municipality of Athens and the neighbouring suburbs

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 munic ...

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 m ...

and

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 Eg ...

. Motorway 64 runs through the southeastern part of the municipality.

Climate

Vyronas has a hot-summer

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(

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: ''Csa''). Vyronas experiences cool, wet winters and hot, relatively dry summers.

Sites of interest

Vyronas National Stadium The National Stadium of Vyronas is located in east Athens, at the foot of Mount Imittos, only 3 km away from central Athens. The stadium is next to the cemetery, in the end of Vyronas. The stadium was created in an old quarry, so it is also k ...

, which seats up to 4,340 and is 3 km from downtown Athens. It is home to the football club

Athinaikos F.C. Athinaikos, officially known as Athinaikos AS FC ( Greek: Αθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος - Athinaikos Athlitikos Syllogos), the ''Athenaic Athletic Association'', is a Greek association football club based in the city of ...

and their bitter rivals

Doxa Vyronas F.C. Doxa Vyronas ( el, Π.Α.Ο. Δόξα Βύρωνος - Glory of Vyronas) is a football club based in Vyronas, an eastern suburb of Athens. The club, established in 1945, and currently competes in Delta Ethniki Regional Championship. Doxa currently ...

* Theatro Vrachon, where the Vyronas Festival takes place every summer * Kareas Monastery, an orthodox monastery whose katholikon dates from the 11-12th century. It is located at the west slopes of Hymettus, near the site of an ancient quarry.

Schools

Schools include: * Philippine School in GreecePhilippine School in Greece
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. Retrieved on September 24, 2015. "15 Thimaton Polemou, Kareas Vyronas, Athens, Greece 16233 Athens, Greece"

Sports

Sport facilities in Vyronas are the

(football stadium) and the Ergani Indoor Hall (gymnasium). Clubs based in Vyronas is

Athinaikos Athinaikos A.C. ( el, Αθηναϊκός Α.Σ., full name Athinaikos Athletic Club) is a Greek multisport-club, founded in 1917. It is based in Vyronas, a suburb east of Athens. Athinaikos has football, basketball, and handball teams. Its achiev ...

, club with many achievements in several sports and

Historical population

References

External links

Official website

Vironas News Portal

Fire DepartmentVironas Guide
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