Acharnes
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Acharnes municipality Δήμος Αχαρνών (Αχαρνές) |
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| Region : | Attica | ||
| Regional District : | Eaststatica | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 38 ° 6 ′ N , 23 ° 45 ′ E | ||
| Area : | 149.03 km² | ||
| Residents : | 106,943 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 717.6 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Post Code: | 13671-13679 | ||
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| Seat: | Acharnes | ||
| LAU-1 code no .: | 4901 | ||
| Districts : | 2 parishes | ||
| Local self-government : |
2 boroughs |
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| Website: | www.acharnes.gr | ||
| Location in the Attica region | |||
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Acharnes ( modern Greek Αχαρνές ( f. Pl. ), Or official no longer used, but still used colloquially Μενίδι , ancient Greek Ἀχαρναί Acharnai ) is a Greek city and a municipality in Attica .
Geographical location
Acharnes is located on the Kifisos River about twelve kilometers north of Athens city center . In the north of Acharnes is the 1413 m high Parnitha .
history
Antiquity
In ancient times, Acharnes was the center of the largest Attic demo of the same name . It was the only demos of the Mesogeia Trittys of the Phyle Oineis and represented 22 Buleutai (members of the council ). According to Thucydides , Acharnes was 60 stadia - at or southwest of Menidi - from Athens . The exact limits are controversial today. The number of 3,000 hoplites handed down by Thucydides - probably a prescription of 1,000 hoplites - must also be regarded as incorrect. That would also correspond to the normal ratio of 42 full citizens per Buleutes.
At Lykopetra , south of Menidi, a Mycenaean dome grave was found , at Nea Ionia the Mycenaean settlement Nemesis. The single settlements from the classical period expected for a demo of this size have so far been found just as little as the dementia center on Gerovuno . Besides agriculture - oil and wine - there were coal distilleries in the forests of Parnes. The demos was surrounded by irrigation systems.
The territory has been the scene of violent clashes on several occasions. 431 BC The land was devastated by the Spartans , 404 BC. The battle of Thrasybulus against the " 30 tyrants " took place here.
After Pausanias , Acharnes hosted many cults, including two cults of Athena . Another place of worship, long believed to have been the original location of the Temple of Ares on the Athens agora , is evidenced by inscriptions.
The proof of a "Theater of Acharnes" was successful in 2007. Previous assumptions of its existence were based in research on the not entirely clear addition of an inscription . The Ephebeneid Lycurgus and the Oath of Athens before the Battle of Plataea were kept in the sanctuary of Ares and Athena Areia.
Contemporary history
The municipality has officially retained the ancient name Acharnai, the modern Greek name Acharnes is also common, as is the name Menidi ( Greek Μενίδι ). In 1981 the city had 41,068 inhabitants, in 1991 59,658. The city has a high school and a sports hall as well as various post offices and banks. It is connected to the public transport system of the greater Athens area and is connected to the European routes 75 (to Thiva ) and 94 (to Corinth ). The city also has a train station on the Athens – Thessaloniki railway line .
For the 2004 Olympic Games , the Olympic and Paralympic village was built on the municipal area at the foot of the Parnitha on an area of 1240 square meters. The Olympic Village hosted 16,000 athletes and carers during the Olympic Games. During the Paralympics, 6,000 people were accommodated in buildings designed for disabled people. After the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, the buildings were made available to the Social Workers' Housing Association (OEK).
On the occasion of the administrative reform in 2010 , the neighboring municipality of Thracomedones was incorporated.
Infrastructure
Acharnes has two railway stations : On the one hand the Acharnes railway junction , a tower station where the Piraeus – Thessaloniki long-distance railway line and the Athens-Patras airport line intersect. On the other hand, there is the stop and former station Acharnes , which is on the long-distance Piraeus – Thessaloniki line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) ( MS Excel ; 2.6 MB)
- ^ Pausanias 1, 31, 6
- ↑ John Travlos : Pictorial dictionary to the topography of the ancient Attica. Wasmuth, Tübingen 1988, p. 1f.
- ^ Inscriptiones Graecae II² 1206 .
