Papagou ( el, Παπάγου or Παπάγος ''Papagos'') is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separ ...

and municipal unit in the eastern 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,

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...

. The town is named after Marshal

Alexandros Papagos Alexandros Papagos ( el, Αλέξανδρος Παπάγος; 9 December 1883 – 4 October 1955) was a Greek army officer who led the Hellenic Army in World War II and the later stages of the subsequent Greek Civil War. The only Greek caree ...

, a general who led the

Greek Army The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is the ...

in the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

and the

Greek Civil War The Greek Civil War ( el, ο Eμφύλιος �όλεμος}, ''o Emfýlios'' 'Pólemos'' "the Civil War") took place from 1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom and ...

, before becoming

Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρωθυπουργός της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), colloquially referred to as the prime minister of Greece ( el, Πρωθυ� ...

. The Greek Ministry of National Defense is located in town. Papagou was part of the municipality of

Cholargos Holargos ( el, Χολαργός, also: ''Cholargos'') is a suburb of Athens, Greece, 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-Cholar ...

until 1965, when it became a separate community. It became a municipality in 1982. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Papagou-Cholargos Papagou-Cholargos ( el, Παπάγου-Χολαργός) is a municipality in the North Athens regional unit, Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Cholargos. Municipality The municipality Papagou-Cholargos was formed at the 2 ...

, of which it is a municipal unit according to the

Kallikratis Plan The Kallikratis Programme ( el, Πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης, Prógramma Kallikrátis) is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010 of 2010, a major administrative reform in Greece. It brought about the second major reform of the coun ...

Geography

Papagou is situated west of the

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) ...

mountains, 6 km east of Athens city centre. The municipal unit has an area of 3.375 km². The eastern beltway Motorway 64 passes southeast of the town. Adjacent suburbs are

to the northeast and Zografou to the southwest.

Sports

Papagou B.C. Papagou B.C., or Papagou Athens B.C. (alternate spelling: Papagos) is a Greek professional basketball club that was founded in 1976. The team is located in Papagou, Attica, Greece. The club's full name is Athlitikos Syllogos Papagou Athens Basketb ...

is the professional basketball team of Papagou.

Historical population

Gallery

File:Dimarxeio-papagou.jpg, The bust of

in front of the town hall File:Papagos.jpg, Papagos statue File:Politistiko-kentro-papagou.jpg, Cultural Hall of Papagou. File:Architektoniki-papagou.jpg, Architecture of Papagou. File:Γειτονιά Παπάγου Greece.jpg, Neighbourhood File:Άλσος Παπάγου 2 Greece.jpg, Local park. File:Papagou monument.jpg, A monument in Papagou park. File:Dim Theatre Papagou.jpg, Municipal Theatre of Papagou.

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