Kryoneri ( , meaning "cold water") is a suburban town of Athens in

East Attica East Attica () 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. Administration The regional unit East ...

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

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, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 4.531 km².

Geography

Kryoneri is situated in the hills in the northeastern part of the

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conurbation, at about 380 m elevation. It lies in the eastern foothills of the

Parnitha Mount Parnitha (, , Katharevousa and ''Parnis''/''Parnes''; sometimes Parnetha) is a lightly forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m, and a summit known as Karavola (Καρα� ...

mountains. It is 2 km west of Agios Stefanos and 20 km northeast of

city centre. The A1 motorway (Athens–Thessaloniki–Evzonoi) 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 population group in Greece of Albanian origin. They are bilingual, traditionally speaking Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek. Their ancestors were first recorded ...

settlement.

Football team

Kryoneri has a football team called AO Kryoneriou and plays in the public stadium of kryoneri, Ao Kryoneriou was founded in 1984 by the people of Kryoneri and still exist even after some economic problems.

Basketball team

Kryoneri had from 2000 to 2015 a basketball team called Kryoneri bc that played in the court in Kryoneri and in the court in Anoixi and has made stars like Giorgos K. And Hristos K. Who scored more than 50 points for Krioneri bc u16. Unfortunately Kryoneri bc closed in 2015 because of some economic problems. But there is a possibility to open again because of a lot of requests

Notes

External links

Official website
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