Nea Filadelfeia (Greek: Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια, meaning New Philadelphia) is a suburban town in the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona of Central Athens regional unit, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 2.850 km².^[3] It was named after the Anatolian city Filadelfeia, now Alaşehir in Turkey, and it was settled by Greek refugees from Asia Minor after the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).

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Nea Filadelfeia Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια
Municipal unit
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Nea Filadelfeia Location within the Central Athens regional unit
Coordinates: 38°2.2′N 23°44.2′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Regional unit	Central Athens
Municipality	Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona
Area
• Municipal unit	2.850 km2 (1.100 sq mi)
Elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	25,198
• Municipal unit density	8,800/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	143 xx
Area code(s)	210
Vehicle registration	Z
Website	www.dimosfx.gr

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Nea Filadelfeia is a suburb of Athens, 6 km (4 mi) 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. Motorway 1 (Athens - Thessaloniki) and Greek National Road 1 pass through the town. Nea Filadelfeia has a large park, Alsos Neas Filadelfias, which covers 0.48 square kilometres (0.19 sq mi). 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 peninsula, around 13 km from the sea to the south suburbs and at a low elevation.

Nea Filadelfeia has 9 primary schools, 4 secondary schools (one of them is athletic type) and 3 high schools. Among them is the 3rd High School of Nea Filadelfia "Miltos Kountouras".

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 from 2022. The Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia sports club is renowned in Greece and abroad for its handball, volleyball and basketball achievements.

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 it registers Greece's highest mean maximum summer temperatures for the period 1955-1997.^[4] On 26 June 2007, during the 2007 European heat wave, Nea Filadelfeia recorded 46.2 °C (115.2 °F) while on the same day, the nearby official automatic H.N.M.S. weather station recorded 47.5 °C (117.5 °F), which is Europe's highest June temperature to date.^[5][6]

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• Lavriou street
• Typical workers cooperative housing
• Artificial lake in the park of Nea Filadelfia
• Kifisos river
• The old Nikos Goumas Stadium
• Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona municipality

• List of municipalities of Attica