Ano Liosia ( el, Άνω Λιόσια) is a suburb and a former municipality in the northern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Fyli Fyli ( el, Φυλή, , meaning "tribe") is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Attica, Greece. It lies in the northeastern corner of the West Attica regional unit, and is a suburb of Athens. The seat of the municipality is the to ...

, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 38.447 km².

Geography

Ano Liosia lies in the eastern part of West Attica, between the mountains

Parnitha Mount Parnitha ( ell, Πάρνηθα, , Katharevousa and grc, Πάρνης ''Parnis''/''Parnes''; sometimes Parnetha) is a densely forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m, and ...

to its north and Aigaleo to its southwest. It is 3 km west of

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 ...

, 3 km north of Kamatero, 4 km southeast of

, 10 km east of

Aspropyrgos Aspropyrgos ( el, Ασπρόπυργος) is a suburb of Athens, and a municipality in the West Attica regional unit, Attica, Greece. The municipality had a population of 30,251 at the 2011 census. It has an area of 101.983 km2. Etymology The na ...

and 11 km north of Athens city centre.

Transportation

The

Ano Liosia railway station Ano Liosia ( el, Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Άνω Λιοσίων, Sidirodromikós Stathmós Áno Liosíon) is a train station in Ano Liosia, a western suburb of Athens, Greece. It is located in the median strip of the Attiki Odos ...

is served by Proastiakos trains to the Athens International Airport and to Kiato in the Peloponnese. The railway station on the old metric Piraeus–Patras railway is now closed. Ano Liosia is connected to the rest of Athens by various

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

lines, most notably the B12 and E42 lines. Motorway 6 runs south of the town.

History

On September 7, 1999, the

1999 Athens earthquake The 1999 Athens earthquake occurred on September 7 at near Mount Parnitha in Greece with a moment magnitude of 6.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). The proximity to the Athens metropolitan area resulted in widespread stru ...

damaged between one hundred and a thousand homes. The

2007 Greek forest fires The 2007 Greek forest fires were a series of massive forest fires that broke out in several areas across Greece throughout the summer of 2007. The most destructive and lethal infernos broke out on 23 August, expanded rapidly and raged out of con ...

devastated the nearby forests.

Population

A significant population of

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

live in the area.

Crime

Ano Liosia is considered one of the most dangerous ghettos of Greece and along with its neighbouring cities

and Zefyri hold the highest crime rates of the whole country. Many drug addicts from various districts of Attica arrive to Ano Liosia as it is a convenient region to find their dose owing to the many dealers and the low to absent police patrols.

Sports

The 11th International Chess Tournament took place in Ano Liosia in 2001. The following sports teams are based in Ano Liosia: *

Akratitos A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia ( el, Α.Π.Ο. Ακράτητος Άνω Λιοσίων) is a Greek football professional club from Ano Liosia, Athens, Greece. They currently play in the Alpha Division of the Football League championship, which is t ...

- a Greek football/soccer team which was founded in 1963 *

Das Ano Liosia Das or DAS may refer to: Organizations * Dame Allan's Schools, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne, England * Danish Aviation Systems, a supplier and developer of unmanned aerial vehicles * Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, a former Colombian ...

- a Greek basketball team Sports venues: * Ano Liosia Olympic Hall where wrestling and judo were played in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Zofria Indoor Hall The 3rd Municipal Sportshall of Ano Liosia, also known as Zofria Indoor Hall ( Greek: Κλειστό Ζωφριάς), is an indoor sporting arena that is located in the Zofria district of Ano Liosia Ano Liosia ( el, Άνω Λιόσια) is a ...

- basketball arena that has been used by AEK Athens. *Stadium for

rarely plays in this stadium *Basketball stadium for Das Ano Liosia *Football/soccer stadium for Akratitos

References

External links

City of Ano Liosia official website
*http://www.chess.gr/anoliosia/ *http://www.stadia.gr/anoliossia/anoliossia.html {{Authority control Populated places in West Attica Fyli