Eleones, meaning in
Greek
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olive
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groves, is an affluent neighbourhood of
Pylaia
Pylaia () is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece. In the 2011 local government reform, Thessaloniki Prefecture became the Thessaloniki (regional unit), regional unit of Thessaloniki (without boundary changes), and Pylaia ...
in the municipality of
Pylaia-Chortiatis
Pylaia-Chortiatis () is a municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece, consisting of three suburbs of Thessaloniki. The seat of the municipality is Panorama. The municipality has an area of 155.63 km2.
Municipa ...
,
Greece
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, a suburb of
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...
.
Located on the edge of a forest, it home to multiple
private school
A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their fina ...
s including Arsakeio and many private residences. Property prices in Eleones are among the highest in the city.
The Greek Society for the Protection and Assistance of Disabled Children (ELEPAAP, Ελληνική Εταιρία Προστασίας και Αποκατάστασης Ανάπηρων Παιδιών - ΕΛΕΠΑΑΠ), a school for
disabled children is there.
Although its name results from olive-groves that were once in abundance in the area, very few olive trees can be found there today.
Residents include entrepreneur
Giannis Raptopoulos and former deputy prime minister
Evangelos Venizelos.
Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)
Pylaia-Chortiatis
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