Agioi Anargyroi ( el, Άγιοι Ανάργυροι) is a suburb in the north-central 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 a ...

agglomeration,

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. It takes its name from the " Holy Unmercenaries": saints who received no payment for their medical services. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero ( el, Άγιοι Ανάργυροι-Καματερό) is a municipality in the West Athens regional unit, Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Agioi Anargyroi. Municipality The municipality Agioi Anar ...

, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.

Geography

Agioi Anargyroi is located north of Athens city centre. The municipal unit has an area of 3.200 km². Its built-up area is continuous with that of municipality of Athens and the neighbouring suburbs

Peristeri Peristeri ( Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipality of Greece ...

, Ilion, Kamatero,

Acharnes Acharnes ( el, Αχαρνές, , before 1915: Μενίδι Menidi, ) is a northwestern suburb of Athens, Attica, Greece. With 106,943 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the most populous municipality in East Attica. It is part of the Athens Urban ar ...

, Nea Filadelfeia and Nea Chalkidona. Motorway 1 (Athens–Thessaloniki) passes east of the town. Agioi Anargyroi has a station on the Athens–Thessaloniki railway. The old metric Piraeus–Patras railway passes through the town as well.

Historical population

International relations

Agioi Anargyroi is twinned with: *

Opole Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ; * Silesian: ** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole'' ** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole'' * Silesian German: ''Uppeln'' * Czech: ''Opolí'' * Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city l ...

, Poland''

References

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External links

Municipality of Agioi Anargyroi

Information on Agioi Anargyroi
{{Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero div Populated places in West Athens (regional unit)