Holargos ( el, Χολαργός, also: ''Cholargos'') 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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, located northeast of the city center and about away from Syntagma Square. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Papagou-Cholargos, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 3.950 km². The main thoroughfare is Mesogeion Avenue, which connects Cholargos with central Athens and the northern beltway Motorway 6. Cholargos was the name of a

deme In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th century BC and ear ...

of ancient

Attica Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean S ...

. The most prominent citizen of ancient Cholargos was

Pericles Pericles (; grc-gre, Περικλῆς; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens. He was prominent and influential in Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Pelo ...

. Cholargos was part of the community of

Chalandri Chalandri ( el, Χαλάνδρι, Ancient Greek: Φλύα, ''Phlya'') is a suburb in the northern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is a municipality of the Attica region. Geography Chalandri is a suburb in Northern Athens, around fr ...

until 1933, when it became a separate community. It became a municipality in 1963.

Climate

Cholargos, as most of Attica, features a typical

Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Because of its location at the base of mountain

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) ...

, Cholargos is strongly influenced by cold air masses that travel down the mountain, hence it is cooler that most of Athens, like downtown Athens or seaside locations. Below is the data for the Nomismatokpeio Station. The station is active since the 1st July 2020, so 2021 is the only year which was registered whole. The following chart is not highly accurate, since it features only one year of record, but can be used as a guideline.

Historical population

Government and infrastructure

The headquarters of the

Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport ( el, Υπουργείο Υποδομών και Μεταφορών) is a government department of Greece headquartered in Cholargos, Athens. The current minister is Kostas Karamanlis in the Cabinet ...

are in Cholargos.Contact
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. Retrieved on 16 January 2013. "Addr 2, Anastaseos Str and Tsigante, Postal Code 101 91, Cholargos (next to metro station "Ethniki Amina")"
Address in Greek
"Διεύθυνση Αναστάσεως 2 και Τσιγάντε, Τ.Κ 101 91, Παπάγου (δίπλα στη στάση του μετρό "Εθνική Άμυνα")"

Gallery

File:Αισθητική Πόλης χολαργού Greece.jpg, City's aesthetic File:Άλσος Χολαργού Greece.jpg, Cholargos municipal park File:Αγία Τριάδα Χολαργός Greece.jpg, Agia Triada Church File:Χολαργός 3 Greece.jpg, Urban neighbourhood

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