Marousi

Amarousio (Marousi) municipality
Δήμος Αμαρουσίου (Μαρούσι)

Basic data

State :

Greece

Region :

Attica

Regional District :

Athens North

Geographic coordinates :

38 ° 3 ' N , 23 ° 48' E Coordinates: 38 ° 3 ' N , 23 ° 48' E

Area :

12.94 km²

Residents :

72,333 (2011)

Population density :

5,589.9 inhabitants / km²

Post Code:

15122-15126

Community logo:

Seat:

Marousi

LAU-1 code no .:

4601

Districts :

no

Local self-government :

no

Website:

www.maroussi.gr

Location in the Attica region

Marousi ( Greek Μαρούσι ( n. Sg. ), On the official level also under the older name Amarousio [n] Αμαρούσιο [ν]) is a Greek city in northern Attica and a suburb of Athens .

location

Marousi is located 12.5 km northwest of Athens city center. It borders Chalandri to the south and noble Kifisia to the north . The development of these suburbs in Athens merges into one another.

history

In ancient times, the Demos Athmonon was located on the site of today's Marousi. Viticulture flourished in the fertile region in ancient times. The current name is reminiscent of a sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia , who was venerated in Amarynthos on Euboea .

As one of the largest of the suburbs of Athens and one of the first to have an S-Bahn connection, the city developed into a center primarily for administrative offices and pharmaceutical companies. The importance of Marousi for retail, however, has steadily declined in favor of new shopping centers and large supermarkets.

Marousi entered the literature through Henry Miller's Greek novel The Colossus of Maroussi.

town hall
Downtown
The Olympic Stadium in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex
The A-6 connection in the south of Marousi

Institutions in Marousi

traffic

A6 motorway
Line 1 of the Athens Metro

Sports

The city's best- known club is the Marousi Athens basketball club , which plays in the first Greek league and won the Saporta Cup in 2001 .

Twin cities

Italy Faenza ( Italy ), since 1992

sons and daughters of the town

Spyridon Louis (1873-1940), the first Olympic marathon champion (1896), was born in Marousi. His bust is in the main town square.
Aliki Vougiouklaki (1934–1996), actress
Panagiotis Gionis (* 1980), table tennis player
Antonios Fotsis (* 1981), basketball player
Dimitrios Mougios (* 1981), rower
Andreas Sarantis (* 1983), biathlete
Panagiotis Vasilopoulos (born 1984), basketball player
Konstantinos Sykaras (* 1984), ski racer
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis (* 1988), high jumper
Eleni Chronopoulou (* 1988), gymnast
Athina Papafotiou (* 1989), volleyball player
Panagiota Karagkouni (* 1993), volleyball and beach volleyball player
Marianthi Zafiriou (* 1994), sports gymnast
Katerina Kontochristopoulou (* 1997), foil fencer

Web links

Commons : Maroussi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Results of the 2011 census ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) at the Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT @1@ 2

^ Aristophanes Pac. 190

↑ Erwin Freund: Amarusi (on) . In: Siegfried Lauffer (Ed.): Greece. Lexicon of Historic Places . CH Beck, Munich 1989, p. 99.

↑ Pausanias , Description of Greece 1,31,5.

↑ Henry Miller: The Colossus of Maroussi. A trip to Greece . ISBN 3-499-10758-9

[1] Results of the 2011 census ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) at the Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT @1@ 2

[2] Aristophanes Pac. 190

[3] Erwin Freund: Amarusi (on) . In: Siegfried Lauffer (Ed.): Greece. Lexicon of Historic Places . CH Beck, Munich 1989, p. 99.

[4] Pausanias , Description of Greece 1,31,5.

[5] Henry Miller: The Colossus of Maroussi. A trip to Greece . ISBN 3-499-10758-9