Nea Ionia

Nea Ionia (Greek: Νέα Ιωνία, meaning New Ionia) is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece.

The suburb was named after Ionia, the region in Anatolia from which many Greeks came in the 1920s after the Asia Minor Disaster. Originally, the area was named "Podarades" and was made up of farmlands and forests. However, the refugees quickly developed it into a thriving community with businesses. In 1934 it became a municipality. In 1956 Nea Ionia acquired a train station on the Athens to Piraeus line (ISAP). Today, much of the municipality is urbanized while the businesses are along its main roads.

Nea Ionia has been the home of several celebrities including:

• Singer Stelios Kazantzidis
• Singer Maria Farandouri
• Actor Nikos Xanthopoulos
• Singer Yiota Lydia
• Footballer Stelios Skevofilakas
• Footballer/coach Yiannis Pathiakakis

Nea Ionia has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a post office and squares (plateies).

Historical population

Year	Municipal population	Change	Density
1981	59,202	-	about 12,660/km²
1991	60,635	1,433/2.42%	about 12,630.5/km²

Neighboring localities

	North: Metamorfosis	Northeast: Heraklio
West: Nea Filadelfeia	Nea Ionia	East: Filothei
Southwest: Athens	South: Galatsi

See also

• List of municipalities of Attica