Vyronas

Vyronas

Vyronas

Municipality in Greece

Vyronas (Greek: Βύρωνας) is a suburban town and a municipality in the southeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the famous English poet and writer, who is a national hero of Greece. Formerly part of the municipality of Athens, Vyronas was created as a community in 1933, and became a municipality in 1934.[2] The municipality has an area of 9.204 km2.[3]

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Vyronas is an inner suburb of Athens, located about 3 km southeast of Athens city centre. Towards the southeast the municipality extends to the forested Hymettus mountain. The built-up area of Vyronas is continuous with that of municipality of Athens and the neighbouring suburbs Kaisariani, Ymittos and Ilioupoli. Motorway 64 runs through the southeastern part of the municipality.

Climate

Vyronas has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa). Vyronas experiences cool, wet winters and hot, relatively dry summers.

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Sites of interest

  • Vyronas National Stadium, which seats up to 4,340 and is 3 km from downtown Athens. It is home to the football club Athinaikos F.C. and their bitter rivals Doxa Vyronas F.C.
  • Theatro Vrachon, where the Vyronas Festival takes place every summer
  • Kareas Monastery, an orthodox monastery whose katholikon dates from the 11-12th century. It is located at the west slopes of Hymettus, near the site of an ancient quarry.[5]

Schools

Schools include:

Sports

Sport facilities in Vyronas are the Vyronas National Stadium (football stadium) and the Ergani Indoor Hall (gymnasium). Clubs based in Vyronas is Athinaikos, club with many achievements in several sports and Doxa Vyronas F.C.

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Historical population

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "EETAA local government changes". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. [4]
    "Vyronas Climatic Data". Hellenic National Meteorological Service. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Karea Monastery, Hymettus". byzantineattica.eie.gr. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Philippine School in Greece." Commission on Filipinos Overseas. Retrieved on September 24, 2015. "15 Thimaton Polemou, Kareas Vyronas, Athens, Greece 16233 Athens, Greece"
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