Anoixi (, meaning "spring") is a suburb 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

Dionysos In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; ) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; ) by the Greek ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 4.582 km².

Geography

Anoixi is situated in the hills in the northeastern 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 ...

conurbation, at about 370 m elevation. It lies east 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 and northwest of the

Penteliko Mountain Mount Pentelicus or Pentelikon (, or ) is a mountain in Attica, Greece, situated northeast of Athens and southwest of Marathon. Its highest point is the peak ''Pyrgari'', with an elevation of 1,109 m. The mountain is covered in large part wi ...

. It is 1 km south of Agios Stefanos, 9 km west of

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and 20 km northeast of

city centre. Its built-up area is continuous with those of the neighbouring suburbs Agios Stefanos,

Drosia Drosia (, meaning "dew", before 1947: Ρωσσοχώρι - ''Rossochori'') is a town in the East Attica regional unit and a suburb of the Athens agglomeration, Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ...

and

Stamata Stamata () is a community in Athens, East Attica regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Dionysos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 18.950 km2. Stamat ...

. The A1 motorway (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) and the railway from Athens to Thessaloniki pass west of the town.

Greek National Road 83 Greek National Road 83 is a national highway of Greece. It connects Athens with Rafina via Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can ...

(Athens - Marathon - Rafina) passes through Anoixi.

Historical population

References

{{Dionysos div Populated places in East Attica Dionysos, Greece

Geography

Historical population

See also

References