Vyronas
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Vyronas municipality Δήμος Βύρωνος (Βύρωνας) |
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| Region : | Attica | ||
| Regional District : | Athens center | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 37 ° 57 ' N , 23 ° 45' E | ||
| Area : | 9.204 km² | ||
| Residents : | 61,308 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 6,661 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Post Code: | 16232 | ||
| Prefix: | (+30) 210 | ||
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| Seat: | Vyronas | ||
| LAU-1 code no .: | 4502 | ||
| Districts : | no | ||
| Local self-government : | no | ||
| Website: | www.dimosbyrona.gov.gr | ||
| Location in the Attica region | |||
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Vyronas ( Greek Βύρωνας [ ˈvirɔnas ] ( m. Sg. ), Older also Vyron Βύρων) is a south-eastern suburb of the Greek capital Athens and has been an independent municipality since 1933.
geography
The area of Vyronas begins about two kilometers southeast of the Acropolis on the border of the municipality of Athens and extends for about six kilometers in a southeast direction up the slopes of the Ymittos . The highest point of the municipality is a few hundred meters south of Evzonas ( 1026 m ), the summit of Ymittos. The area is around two kilometers wide, the neighboring communities are Kesariani to the north and Dafni-Ymittos and Ilioupoli to the south. On the ridge of the Ymittos, the municipality of Koropi borders Vyronas to the east.
Only about 250 hectares in the west of the approximately 900 hectare municipal area are urbanized, this area is divided into two closed settlement areas: a much larger one on the edge of central Athens and the Kareas district further south-east. The remaining 650 hectares of the community are covered by forest, remains of the former quarries and industrial park. The average altitude of the municipality is 350 m above sea level.
- City structure
Vyronas is officially divided into nine "urban planning units":
- Kareas (Καρέας), 43 ha
- Zoodochos Pigi and Anapirika (Ζωοδόχος Πηγή και Αναπηρικά), 42 ha
- Frygia (Φρυγία), 24 ha
- Nea Elvetia (Νέα Ελβετία), 20 ha
- Metamorfosi (Μεταμόρφωση), 33.5 ha
- Duncan (Ντάνκαν), 25 ha
- Neraida (Νεράϊδα), 12 ha
- Center (Κέντρο), 56.5 ha
- Area assigned to the entire municipality (Σύνολο Δήμου), 25.6 ha
The municipality states Kareas, Analipsi (Ανάληψη), Kopanas (Κοπανάς) Metamorfosi, Avra (Αύρα), Nea Elvetia and Zentrum as the districts. Another name for the original center is Neo Pangrati (Νέο Παγκράτι).
history
The story of Vyronas began in November 1922 when the engineer G. Soulis planned a settlement for the refugees from Asia Minor, who were initially housed in schools, which was built on a 9.8 hectare site east of the Pangrati district in Athens and on April 29, 1923 was opened in the presence of the Greek king. This settlement consisted of four rectangular blocks with one-story residential units of two rooms each, four-story buildings with communal facilities at the corners and initially comprised 305 rooms.
In January 1924, on the 100th anniversary of his death, the new district was named after Lord Byron , who had died as the commander of the Greek Free Forces during the Greek Revolution .
With the influx of more refugees, the settlement grew rapidly, the construction of a first school and the establishment of a carpet factory were the first steps towards independence for the refugee settlement, which became independent as a rural community in 1933 and was upgraded to a town community (dimos) a year later . The center of this parish was the main street odos Chrysostomou Smyrnis, named after the last Greek bishop of Smyrna , Chrysostomos Kalafatis .
Another smaller refugee settlement with refugees mainly from Constantinople , Kopanas, arose further south and was later added partly to Ymittos and partly to Vyronas.
The area of Kareas, which is presumably named after the Kara quarry, which was already used in antiquity , was built on as a casual holiday home area by Greek military personnel from 1932. In 1957–58, condominiums were built for refugees from Romania and the Soviet Union, as well as Armenians who had fled Turkey to Greece after 1922. With the support of the United Nations and Calouste Gulbenkian , the district received an 'urban [meeting] center' ( Greek Αστικό Κέντρο ). Since 1975 there have been efforts towards communal independence.
Culture, sports and sights
In front of the wall of an old quarry in the south of the municipality is the Melina Merkouri natural theater , where the Sti skia ton Vrachon theater festival (Στη σκιά των Βράχων 'In the shadow of the rocks') takes place in summer . A smaller stage next to it was named after Anna Synodinou .
The community has maintained the Isadora and Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center since 1982 , which resides in a building that Isadora Duncan's brother Raymond had built in 1903 as a "dance temple" for his sister. The municipal cinema Nea Elvetia is also used as a stage .
The Greek football club Athinaikos Athens resides in Vyronas .
The monastery of St. John the Baptist ( Gr.Moni Agiou Ioannou Prodromou Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννου Προδρόμου) in Kareas is located near the source of the Rema Pikrodafnis on the site of an ancient Apollo sanctuary, on the site of which a chapel was built in early Christian times. In its present form, the church dates back to around 1100. The monastery was abandoned in the 17th century, but has been rebuilt since the 1960s, since 1971 and again used as a nunnery.
Infrastructure and traffic
Above the city is a site of the Greek armed forces , on which, among other things, an officer's school for nursing and a care center are located.
The Greek A 64 , which runs along the eastern edge of the Athens urban area, ends in Zografos a few kilometers north of Vyronas. The extension through the municipal area is planned. A new subway line 4 of the Athens Metro with a stop in Vyronas has also been decided. Otherwise, Vyronas is connected to the rest of the city of Athens by buses.
sons and daughters of the town
The Greek soccer player Giorgos Tzavelas was born in Vyronas in 1987.
Web links
- News portal of the community (Greek)
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.
- ↑ History of Kareas' on the page of the Kareas high school (Greek)
- ↑ Website of the festival (Greek)
- ^ Website of the center (Greek / French)
- ↑ Website of the monastery (Greek)
- ↑ website of the school (Greek)
- ↑ EKEMS website (Greek)
