Nea Ionia (Attica)
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Municipality of Nea Ionia Δήμος Νέας Ιωνίας (Νέα Ιωνία) |
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| Region : | Attica | ||
| Regional District : | Athens North | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 38 ° 2 ′ N , 23 ° 45 ′ E | ||
| Area : | 4.421 km² | ||
| Residents : | 67,134 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 15,185.3 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Seat: | Nea Ionia | ||
| LAU-1 code no .: | 4608 | ||
| Districts : | no | ||
| Local self-government : | no | ||
| Website: | www.dimosneasionias.gr | ||
| Location in the Attica region | |||
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Nea Ionia ( Greek Νέα Ιωνία ( f. Sg. ) 'New Ionia') is a suburb in the north of the Greek capital Athens .
location
The community is located about eight kilometers northeast of the Acropolis, northeast of Patissia and south of Attiki Odos , west-southwest of Kifissia and west of Kifissias Boulevard and Marathon Boulevard.
The area was used for agriculture and partly forested until the beginning of settlement. Today, apart from a few green areas and a few green hills in the east, the municipality is completely urbanized.
Neighboring places
Nea Ionia borders Metamorfosi to the north, Heraklion to the northeast , Nea Filadelfia to the west, Filothei-Psychiko to the east, Athens to the southwest and Galatsi to the south .
history
In June 1923, after the Asia Minor catastrophe , a refugee camp was founded by the head of the revolutionary government, General Nikolaos Plastiras and the priest Papagioakim Pesmatzoglou; this had brought thousands of Greeks from the city of Sparta in Pisidia to Greece. In addition to these so-called Spartalids, numerous other refugees from other Greek communities in Asia Minor settled there, so that the settlement quickly grew to include small refugee shelters and tents for thousands of refugees, under certain circumstances of lack and improvisation.
The residents, experienced in trade and commerce, quickly developed an industrial center with a focus on carpet weaving, spinning and weaving. Soon Nea Ionia became a magnet for thousands of workers. In 1934 Nea Ionia was raised to a municipality, at that time still without the districts of Kalogreza and Alsoupolis.
During the German occupation, Nea Ionia was a center of resistance. During the "blockade (raid) of Kalogreza" ( Greek Μπλόκο της Καλογρέζας ) on March 16, 1944, 22 young men were executed by troops of the occupying power and the secret police in a resistance action on the bed of the Podonifti river. She is commemorated on a memorial column with an inscription by Giannis Ritsos :
Στην Καλογρέζα σαν περνάς, ξέγνοιαστε εσύ διαβάτη,
με ευλάβεια πρέπει να πατάς,
γιατί σε τούτα τα λιθάρια έπεσαν για τη λευτεριά 22 παλλικάρια ...
Stin Kalogreza san pernas, xegniaste esy diavati,
me evlavia prepi na patas,
jiati se tuta ta litharja epesan jia ti lefteria 22 pallikarja…
Traveler, watch out when you pass in Kalogreza,
walk with awe,
because 22 young boys fell on these stones for freedom.
Reconstruction began after the war; Carpet weaving, however, went downhill, as manual labor was replaced by machine production, even if the factories held out until the early 1960s before they succumbed to competition one after the other.
But the trade took a stormy boom, hundreds of shops were opened, so that Nea Ionia became one of the largest markets in the area. Major problems facing the community include traffic, unemployment and the lack of green and open spaces. Nea Ionia is the seat of the diocese of Nea Ionia and Filadelfia. There are 17 kindergartens, 17 elementary schools, eight grammar schools and 7 high schools in the community.
traffic
Nea Ionia is connected with the three train stations Perissos, Pefkakia and Nea Ionia via the "green line" Piraeus-Kifissia to the local transport network of the Athens Metro .
Population development
The last census found 66,017 inhabitants, but the actual number is estimated at over 80,000, with illegal labor immigrants such as Albanians and Pakistanis approaching 100,000.
| year | Residents | change | density |
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| 1981 | 59.202 | - | 13,391 / km² |
| 1991 | 60,635 | +1,433 / +2.4% | 13.715.2 / km² |
| 2001 | 69,508 | +8,873 / + 14.6% | 15,722.2 / km² |
politics
mayor
Iraklis Gatsis has been mayor since early 2011.
elections
In elections, the left-wing parties predominate:
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Municipality of Nea Ionia share of the votes cast |
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| Political party | 2004 general election | Parliamentary elections 2007 | Parliamentary elections 2009 | General election May 2012 |
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| PASOK | 43.2% | 37.3% | 42.9% | 9.0% |
| Nea Dimokratia | 33.6% | 27.5% | 20.1% | 9.4% |
| KKE | 14.2% | 18.2% | 16.4% | 14.7% |
| SYRIZA | 5.9% | 8.7% | 7.4% | 24.6% |
| LAOS | 2.6% | 4.5% | 6.2% | 2.6% |
| Anexartiti Ellines | 10.1% | |||
| Dimokratiki Aristera | 6.6% | |||
| Chrysi Avgi | 6.3% | |||
Attractions
Profitis Ilias cave near Perissos
A 2500 square meter karst cave with numerous stalactites consists of two parts connected by a corridor and a very low passage. Each part consists of a large central room surrounded by smaller rooms. The entrance consists of a hole in the cave ceiling, through which it leads 8 m deep into the first cave room. In the 19th century, the cave served the Klephten leader Davelis as a safe hiding place. Before the Second World War it was to be converted into an entertainment center and later into a sightseeing facility. This was thwarted by the dense development in the area and the destruction of the stalactites and stalagmites by the sewage system. Investigations in the 1960s revealed that the cave had served as a residence as early as the late Neolithic and the early Bronze Age . Archaeological exploration has been ongoing since 1994 and has found layers of fire, stone and bone tools, as well as ceramic vases and shards from the late Stone Age. It is the only cave with Stone Age finds in the Athens area.
Hadrian columns
At two points in the community there are Hadrianic columns of a water pipe that Emperor Hadrian had built in the 2nd century AD to carry water from the Pendeli and Parnithos to Athens.
Omorfoklisia
The Church of St. George, which is nicknamed Omorfoklisia ( Greek Ομορφοκκλησιά ), is located on the border of the municipality with Galatsi and Athens. It is a Byzantine style church, built around 1050 AD on the ruins of an older church, with material from a pagan temple. The sculptural jewelry and frescoes give the church a friendly look.
Personalities who have lived in the city
- Maria Farantouri (* 1947), singer
- Aliki Kagialoglou , singer
- Stelios Kazantzidis (1931-2001), singer
- Takis Sinopoulos (1917–1981), poet
- Vassilis Steriadis (1947–2003), lawyer and poet
- Dakis Joannou , Cypriot art collector, runs his art activities from Nea Ionia.
- Aggelos Simiriotis (1873-1944), poet.
- Pantelis Pantelidis (1983-2016), singer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information from the community of Nea Ionia ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information from the Greek Ministry of the Interior ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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