Irlandos at 09:58, January 12, 2006

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| [[Prefecture]]: || [[Attica]]
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| [[Metropolis|Metropolitan Area]]: || [[Athens]]
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| Location: || {{coor dms|38|4|36|N|23|48|46|E|region:GR}}
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| Area: -Total -Water -Rank|| 26 km² 

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| Population: ([[1991]])  - Total  - Density¹  - Rank||  39,166  1,566.64/km 
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:|| around 270 m at Cephissus 290 m(centre) around 600 to 1,000 m at Penteli
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 145
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-30-[[Greece dialing code 210|210]] (030-210) -623, 800 thru 809
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| [[YPES|Statistical code]]: || 0124
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| [[License plates in Greece|Car designation]]: || <code>Y</code> (prev.) <code>Z</code> pres.
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| 3-letter abbreviation: || KTH

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| Address of administration: || Dionysou and Myrsinis Sts. Kifissia 145 62

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'''Kifissia''' ([[Greek language|Greek]], Modern: Κηφισιά;, [[Katharevousa]]: Κηφισσιά;, Ancient form/Latin: Cephissia) or '''Kifisia''' is a northern suburb of [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. It has a city surface train station ([[ISAP]] or the Green Line), which is presently a part of [[Attiko Metro]]. The [[Cephissus River|Kifissos]] is west of Kifissia. Half of the municipality is taken up by part of [[Penteli]] mountain. The rest is made up of urban areas in the west, the central and the east. The west central part of Kifissia is mostly industrial.

Kifissia is also home to a large park as well as restaurants, shopping, nightclubs, theatres and other entertainments.

==Quarters or Neighborhoods==

*[[Ano Kifissia]]
*[[Kato Kifissia]]
*[[Nea Kifissia]]

==Historical population==

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! Year !! Municipal population !! Change !! Density
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| [[1981]] || 31,876 || - || 1,275.04/km²
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| [[1991]] || 39,166 || 7,290/22.87% || 1,566.64/km²
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==Information==

Kifissia, as Cephissia, dates back to ancient times, along with the ancient municipality of [[Epicephesia]]. It is accessed by Kifissias Avenue, which runs from east of Athens up to Theseos Avenue in Nea Erythraia, which is named after this area as a road from Athens. It also has a steep curve and is two-laned.

A famous glass skyscraper which was built in the [[1980s]] and was one of the tallest towers in [[Athens]] and area but not in Greece was part of the scenes used for the beginning of the episodes of [[ANT1]]'s [[Lampsis]] in the late-[[1980s]] - [[1990s]]. It had around 25 to 30 stories. A forest park is situated in the southeast which is filled with pine and some other types of trees and the boundary with Marousi. The glasses of the skyscraper was ruined and the building became abandoned in the late [[1990s]]. The area also has a anti-cancer hospital named [[Agioi Anargyroi Anti-Cancer Hospital|Agioi Anargyroi]].

==Persons==

*[[Andreas Empeirikos]] ([[1901]] in Romania - [[August 3]], [[1975]])

<table width = 75% border = 2 align="center">
<tr><td width = 35% align="center">
<td width = 30% align="center">'''North:''' [[Nea Erythraia]]</td>
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<td width = 10% align="center">'''West:''' [[Acharnae|Acharnai]] and [[Lykovryssi]] </td>
<td width = 35% align="center">'''Kifissia'''</td>
<td width = 30% align="center">'''East:''' [[Dionysos (Athens), Greece|Dionysos]], [[Politia]], [[Nea Penteli]] (communes) and [[Nea Erythraia]]</td>
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<td width = 30% align="center">'''South:''' [[Metamorfosi]], [[Marousi]], [[Melissia]] and [[Pefki]]</td>
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</table>

*See also: [[List of cities in Greece]]

[[Category:Athens]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]

Kifissia - Revision history

Irlandos at 09:58, January 12, 2006