Irlandos at 12:23, February 12, 2010

2010-02-12T12:23:19Z

Irlandos at 12:07, March 7, 2006

2006-03-07T12:07:38Z

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| [[Metropolis|Metropolitan Area]]: || [[Athens]]
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| Location: || {{coor dms|38|3|45|N|23|35|6|E|region:GR}}

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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:||sea level 9 m(centre) around 700 to 1,000 m
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 193 00
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-30-[[Greece dialing code 210|210]] (030-210) -557
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| [[YPES|Municipal code]]: || 110
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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: || ASP

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| Address of administration: || 12 October 28 St. Aspropyrgos 193 00

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[[Aspropyrgos]] ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Ασπρόπυργος for "white tower"). is a suburban community located 20 NW of [[Athens]] in the heart of the [[Thriasian plain]], and [[Thria]] was known in ancient times. The population is around 27,500. Its [[Greece dialing code 210|dialing code]] is 210.

Its main street is Dimokratias Avenue. Aspropyrgos used to be an petroleum|oil producing community and oil was its main industry along with agriculture. Agriculture is, however, rare today. Eleusis military airport forms its communal and municipal boundary in its west. Mount [[Parnitha]] is in the northeast. A small port is founded in the south and the shores are aligned with trees. Willow and other types of pineless trees dominate the city's coastline. Aegaleo mountain is in the southwest and its landscape is rocky. Its nearest highway is [[Greece Interstate 8A|GR-8A/E94]] with its interchange at 2 km south of the centre. The interchange was a junction until [[1994]]. It was closed off from [[1996]] until [[1997]] to extend the number of lanes to four. The main street also serves a road that linked the [[Peloponnese]] and the northern and eastern suburbs of Athens. The industrial area is in the southeastern part of the Aspropyrgos and the entire south is also industrialized. [[Attiki Odos]] is now accessible to its north with an interchange. The high-speed rail will be founded to the north but will have no nearby station.

The refinery south of the city is producing oil since its opening. The size and production is smaller than Corinth's refinery. Pollution has been a problem for years. The refinery includes depots in the southern and the eastern part and some in the western part and a dock to the southwest. The Skaramangas Bay is to the south.

A lagoon where the area is less than 1 km². The highway is in the west and the boundary with Chaidari is in the south. The Aegaleo Ring is situated in the east but not fully accessible.

Aspropyrgos has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a post office, a train station, a port, and squares (''plateia'').

==Communities==

*'''Aspropyrgos'''

==Nearest places==

*[[Fyli]] (north)
*[[Ano Liosia]], NE
*[[Elefsina]], W
*[[Skaramangas]], SE, S

==Historical population==

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! Year !! Municipal population !! Change !! Municipal population !! Change
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| [[1981]] || 12,541 || - || - || -
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| [[1991]] || 15,034 || 2,493/19.88% || 15,715 || - 
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681 inhabitants (as of 1991) live in another community.

 
<table width = 75% border = 2 align="center">
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<td width = 35% align="center">'''Northwest:''' [[Magoula]]</td>
<td width = 30% align="center">'''North:''' [[Dervenochori]]</td>
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<td width = 10% align="center">'''West:''' [[Eleusis]]</td>
<td width = 35% align="center">'''Aspropyrgos'''</td>
<td width = 30% align="center">'''East:''' [[Fyli]] and [[Ano Liosia]]</td>
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<td width = 35% align="center">'''Southwest:''' Gulf of Eleusis</td>
<td width = 30% align="center">'''South:''' [[Chaidari]]</td>
<td width = 35% align="center">'''Southeast:''' [[Petroupolis]]</td>
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==See also==

* [[List of cities in Greece]]

{{Credit wikipedia}}

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

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Aspropyrgos - Revision history

Irlandos at 12:23, February 12, 2010

Irlandos at 12:07, March 7, 2006