Nea Filadelfeia (, meaning ''New Philadelphia'') is a suburban town in the
Athens agglomeration,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of
Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona municipality of
Central Athens regional unit, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 2.850 km
2.
It was named after the
Anatolia
Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...
n city Filadelfeia, now
Alaşehir in
Turkey
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, and it was settled by Greek refugees from
Asia Minor after the
Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).
Geography
Nea Filadelfeia is a suburb of Athens, north of the city centre. Its built-up area is continuous with that of municipality of Athens and the surrounding suburbs
Nea Chalkidona,
Agioi Anargyroi,
Acharnes,
Metamorfosi and
Nea Ionia. The
A1 motorway (Athens - Thessaloniki) and
Greek National Road 1 pass through the town. Nea Filadelfeia has a large park, Alsos Neas Filadelfias, which covers . The park formerly hosted a large
zoo which operated since 1955 to 1995. Nea Filadelfeia is roughly located at the geographical center of the
Attica
Attica (, ''Attikḗ'' (Ancient Greek) or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital city, capital of Greece and the core cit ...
peninsula, around 13 km from the sea to the south suburbs and at a low elevation.
Education
Nea Filadelfeia has 9 primary schools, 4 secondary schools (one of them is athletic type) and 3 high schools. Among them is th
3rd High School of Nea Filadelfia "Miltos Kountouras"
Sports
Nea Filadelfeia is the historical home of
A.E.K., a major Greek Multi-Sports Club established in 1924 in Nea Filadelfeia. It is also the home of
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia. The now demolished
Nikos Goumas Stadium was the home ground of
AEK F.C. from 1930 to 2003, while the
Agia Sophia Stadium is the new home ground since 2022. The
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia sports club is renowned in Greece and abroad for its handball, volleyball and basketball achievements.
Nea Filadelfeia is also the birthplace of the Greek-Australian football coach
Ange Postecoglou.
Historical population
Climate
Nea Filadelfeia has a
hot-summer Mediterranean climate (''Csa''). The area is notorious in Greece for its summer heat; according to the
Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) it registers Greece's highest mean maximum summer temperatures for the period 1955-1997.
On 26 June 2007, during the
2007 European heat wave, Nea Filadelfeia recorded while, on the same day, the nearby automatic HNMS weather station recorded , which is Europe's highest June temperature to date.
Highest temperatures recorded
Below a list of the highest temperatures ever recorded in Nea Filadelfeia,
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 ...
.
Notable people
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Elena Nathanael, Greek actress
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Ange Postecoglou, former coach of the
Australian national football team and former head coach of
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Gallery
File:Nea Filadelfia Lavriou street.JPG, Lavriou street
File:Nea Filadelfia cooperative housing.JPG, Typical workers cooperative housing
File:Nea Filadelfia lake.JPG, Artificial lake in the park of Nea Filadelfeia
File:020 - Κηφισός μετά τη συμβολή με ρέμα Αχαρνών (Κόκκ.Μύλος) - panoramio.jpg, Kifisos river
File:2011 Dimos Filadelfias-Chalkidonos.png, Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona municipality
See also
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List of municipalities of Attica
References
External links
Official websiteΝέα Φιλαδέλφεια
{{Filadelfeia-Chalkidona div
Populated places in Central Athens (regional unit)
Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona