Agios Ioannis Renti () is a suburb and a former municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, lying in the western part of the

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

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

Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Renti Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Renti () is a municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Nikaia. The municipality has an area of 11.173 km2. Municipality The municipality Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Re ...

, of which it is a municipal unit.

Geography

Agios Ioannis Renti is part of Piraeus regional unit, part of Athens urban area, located about west of central Athens and northeast of Piraeus. The municipal unit has an area of 4.524 km². The small river Cephissus runs through it. Two important transport axes pass through the municipality: the A1 motorway (Athens–Thessaloniki–Evzonoi) and the Piraeus–Platy railway, on which it has a passenger station ('' Rentis'') and a large

marshalling yard A classification yard (American English, as well as the Canadian National Railway), marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, and Australian English, and the former Canadian Pacific Railway) or shunting yard (Central Europe) is a railway y ...

. The

Olympiakos FC Olympiacos Football Club ( ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP (''Olympiakós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós'', "Olymp ...

training center is in this area. The Olympiacos Volleyball stadium also is nearby.

History

Agios Ioannis Renti was part of the municipality of Athens until 1925 when it became a separate community. It was elevated to municipality status in 1946.

Economy

The Central Market of Athens is located in Agios Ioannis Renti. It is the largest central market of vegetables, meat and other foods in Greece. In Agios Ioannis Renti is located one of the most important industrial areas of Athens, in which factories of important companies are based, such as Rolco (Biggest detergent manufacturing company in Greece), Mietsel, Pharmasept and others.

Education

The

Athens School of Fine Arts The Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA; , ΑΣΚΤ) is a Greek higher education institution, specializing in the visual arts. History The Athens School of Fine Arts was established on 12 January 1837, known as the ''School for the Arts''. In the ...

is located in Agios Ioannis Renti.

Historical population

International relations

Agios Ioannis Renti is twinned with

Kadıköy Kadıköy () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district on the Asian side of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 467,919 (2023). It is a large and populous area in the Asian si ...

, Turkey, since 2003.

References

External links

Official website
{{Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Rentis div Populated places in Piraeus (regional unit) Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Renti