Ilioupoli (, "
Sun City
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") is a suburban municipality and a town in
Central Athens regional unit and located in the central-southern part of the
Athens
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agglomeration. Its name is the
modern form of the
ancient name of
Heliopolis in
Egypt
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. Development of Ilioupoli started around 1924, when
Greek refugees from
Asia Minor
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settled there.
Geography
Ilioupoli is southeast of Athens city centre. The municipality has an area of 12.724 km
2.
It lies at the western foot of the forested
Hymettus mountain, which covers the eastern half of the municipality. Its built-up area is continuous with those of neighbouring suburbs
Ymittos,
Agios Dimitrios,
Alimos and
Argyroupoli. The main thoroughfares are
Vouliagmenis Avenue, which connects Ilioupoli with central Athens, and Venizelou Avenue, which connects with the
A62 Hymettus Ring Road (formerly the A64 until 2024).
Ilioupoli metro station is served by
Line 2 of the Athens Metro. Ilioupoli is also linked by bus to downtown Athens (OASA 237 line), to Glyfada (OASA 140 line) and
Piraeus
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(OASA 218 line).
Ilioupoli is subdivided into 11 quarters: Agia Marina, Agia Mavra, Agia Paraskevi, Agios Konstantinos-Kanaria, Ano Ilioupoli, Astynomika-Panorama, Kato Ilioupoli, Kentro, Nisaki, Typografika and Chalikaki. Ilioupoli has an uncommon street plan, characterised by 5 sets of concentric circular or oval streets.
Climate
Ilioupoli has a hot-summer
Mediterranean climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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: ''Csa''). Ilioupoli experiences hot, dry summers and mild, wetter winters.
Current Weather (2021)
Weather records for 2021 in Ilioupoli (as of 1 November 2021) are given below:
Historical population
Landmarks
*Anapsiktirio "Demetrios Kintis"
*Plateia Iroon (Iroon Square)
*Koimisi tis Theotokou Church
*Kentriki Plateia (Central Square or Hethnikis Antistaseos Square)
*The Stouggaris Building (Sophia the fox, big one)
*Plateia Kanaria (Kanaria Square)
*Plateia Flemingk (Fleming Square)
*Chalikaki Athletics Stadium
Sports
Ilioupoli is the seat of the clubs
Charavgiakos F.C.
Charavgiakos Football Club () is a Greek football club based in Ilioupoli, Central Athens, Greece.
Honours
Domestic
** Gamma Ethniki Champion (1):
*** 1985–86
** Delta Ethniki
Delta Ethniki () was the fourth level of Greek football champ ...
, club founded in 1949 and
Ilioupoli F.C., club founded in 1953.
International relations
*
Heliopolis (Cairo), Egypt
*
Iași, Romania
*
Larnaca, Cyprus
*
Novi Sad
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, Serbia (1994)
References
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External links
Official websiteEurope/Greece/Attica/Attiki/Ilioupoli/ Photos of Ilioupoli*http://www.cityofilioupolis.gr/ (in Greek)
Ilioupoli's online shopping guide
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Municipalities of Attica
Populated places in Central Athens (regional unit)