Ano Liosia

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Ano Liosia

Ano Liosia or Ano Liossia is a suburb in the northwestern part of AthensAthens

Athens is the capital and the largest city of Greece....
, GreeceGreece

GreeceGreece lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa....
. It is the second-eastern most municipalityCommunities and Municipalities of Greece

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in West AtticaWest Attica

West Attica is one of the prefectures of Greece....
Prefecture (after ZefyriZefyri Overview

Zefyri or Zefiri, , older forms Zefyrion, Zefirio or Zefirion, is a suburb in the northern part of A...
). Ano Liossia has grown rapidly over the last twenty years. A large number of RomaRoma people

The Roma People , sometimes "Romany Folk" in the British Isles, often referred to as Gypsies , are a heterogeneous eth...
live in this suburb of the Greek capital. The mountain range of Aigaleo is to its southwest. The view of the southeastern portion of the ParnithaParnitha

Mount Parnitha, older forms Parnes, Parnis is a densely forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on ...
ranges lies to the north. Other panorama of two other mountains are PenteliPenteli

Pentli or Pendeli, is a tall mountain and mountain range situated northeast of Athens and southwest of Marathon....
and the HymettusHymettus

Hymettus, also Hymettos is a mountain range in the Athens area, East Central Greece....
. A mountain slope is to the west. Since February 2004, Attiki OdosFacts About Attiki Odos

Attiki Odos is a private-owned toll motorway in Greece....
runs between the town and GR-1/E75 to the east. The interchange is at Dimokratias Avenue. The Ano Liosia Ring at number 65 is presently under construction and will be opened to bypass Ano Liosia. It is located to the west and is connected with the Aigaleo Ring. It is located E of Eleusis and the PeloponnesePeloponnese

The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the...
, SE of Thiva, SSE of Chalkida, W of Mesogeios Avenue and about 15 km N of AthensAthens

Athens is the capital and the largest city of Greece....
, about 20 km PiraeusPiraeus

|-||-||}Piraeus, or Peiraeus is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, located south of Athens....
and Poseidonos Avenue. A suburban railwayProastiakos

Proastiakós is the name used by the suburban railway system of Athens, Greece....
station has been constructed at Fylis Interchange of Attiki OdosAttiki Odos

Attiki Odos is a private-owned toll motorway in Greece....
with Fylis Avenue. The station is part of the new railroad line between AthensAthens

Athens is the capital and the largest city of Greece....
and PatrasPatras

Patras is the third largest city of Greece and the capital of the prefecture of Achaea, located in northern Peloponnese, 21...
. The railway station of the old metric line is now closed.

Geography

Ano Liosia except for the northwest and the southwest were mainly made up of farmlands. Pasture farming, groves and mixed farming were common. Urban development replaced much of the farmland between the 1970s and the 1990s. Today, half of the municipality is urbanized or residential. Rocky landscape with bushes dominates the rest of the land.

Radio station

Xenios FM - 94.3 and 97.4 FM - http://www.xenios943.gr

Sports teams

AkratitosAkratitos

A.P.O. Akratitos is a soccer club that plays in the Fourth Division in Greece....
- a Greek football/soccer teamList of football clubs in Greece

The history of Greek soccer league has been over a hundred and ten years....
which was founded in 1963
Das Ano Liosia - a Greek basketball team

Sites of interest

Ano Liosia Olympic HallAno Liosia Olympic Hall

Ano Liossia Olympic Hall was the host to judo and wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
where wrestlingWrestling

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and judoJudo

Judo is a martial art, combat sport, and philosophy which originated in Japan....
were played in the 2004 Summer Olympics2004 Summer Olympics

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Stadium for AkratitosAkratitos

A.P.O. Akratitos is a soccer club that plays in the Fourth Division in Greece....
rarely plays in this stadium
Basketball stadium for Das Ano Liosia
Football/soccer stadium for Akratitos

Transportation

Ano Liosia is connected to the rest of Athens by various busBus

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lines, most notably the B12 and E42 lines, as well as by the ProastiakosProastiakos

Proastiakós is the name used by the suburban railway system of Athens, Greece....
rail network.

Other

Ano Liossia has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a police station, a post office, supermarkets, a recycling plant, parks and squares (plateiesPlateia

Plateia is the Greek word for town square....
).

History

Ano Liosia was rebuilt after World War IIWorld War II

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and the Greek Civil WarGreek Civil War

The Greek Civil War was fought between 1946 and 1949, and posed as the first example of a post-war Communist insurgency....
.

On September 7, 1999, the 1999 Athens earthquake1999 Athens earthquake

The 1999 Athens earthquake, registering a moment magnitude of 5.9, occurred on September 7 1999, at 2:56:50 pm local time an...
damaged between one hundred and a thousand homes. The 11th International Chess Tournament took place in Ano Liosia in 2001. The municipality opened a campsite in 2002 outside the town at Myrsini Beach northwest of MyrsiniMyrsini

Myrsni is a town in the prefecture of Ilia in Greece, to the west of Lechaina but in the same municipality....
in the northwestern part of the Prefecture of Ilia. It is known as LM Beach.

The havoc of the nearby Parnitha fire (See also: Summer 2007 Wildfires in Greece) devastated the northern portion of the area and nearly devastated the city. The fire reached the outskirts of the town during the evening of June 28, 2007 and was seen throughout the night. It calmed down on June 30. Approximately 50 square kilometres was laid waste.

Population

Year	Population	Change	Density
1981	16,862	-	438.6/km²
1991	21,397	+4,535 or +26.89%	556.5/km²
2001	26,423	+5,026 or +23.49%	687.3/km²

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Coordinates:

Northwest: FyliFyli Fyli or Fili, Latin and ancient form: Phyle, is a suburb in the northwestern part of Athens, Greece....	North: FyliFyli Fyli or Fili, Latin and ancient form: Phyle, is a suburb in the northwestern part of Athens, Greece.... and AcharnesAcharnes Summary Acharnes is a suburb of Athens also known as Menidi....	Northeast: AcharnesAcharnes Acharnes is a suburb of Athens also known as Menidi....
West: AspropyrgosAspropyrgos Aspropyrgos. is a suburban community located 20 NW of Athens in the heart of the Thriasian plain, and Thria was known in ancient t...	Ano Liosia	East: AcharnesAcharnes Acharnes is a suburb of Athens also known as Menidi....
	South: IlioIlio, Greece Ilio, previously named Nea Liosia or Nea Liossia, is a suburb in the west-northwest part of Athens, Greece.... , KamateroKamatero There is also a Kamatero in the island of Salamis, see Kamatero Salaminos and in the community of Anoixi... and PetroupoliPetroupoli Petroupoli is a suburb in the northwestern part of Athens Metropolitan Area, in Greece....	Southeast: ZefyriZefyri Zefyri or Zefiri, , older forms Zefyrion, Zefirio or Zefirion, is a suburb in the northern part of A...