Ymittos ( el, Υμηττός), is a suburb 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 ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

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� ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. With a land area of 0.975 km², it was the second-smallest

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in Greece (after

Nea Chalkidona Nea Chalkidona ( el, Νέα Χαλκηδόνα, meaning New Chalcedon) is a suburb of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, of which it is a municipal unit. Nea Chalkidona is ...

) before 2011. It is situated 2.5 km southeast of the

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. Ymittos has two lyceums.

Historical population

References

External links

Ymittos weather station
{{Dafni-Ymittos div Populated places in Central Athens (regional unit)