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| align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#d3d3d3"|'''Municipality of Korydallos''' '''''Δήμος Κορυδαλλού''''' '''''Dimos Korydallou'''''


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| Population: ([[2001]])  - Total  - Density¹  - Rank||  63,184  14,612.4/km² 
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:|| about 20 m 30 m(centre) around 500 to 600 m
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 181
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-30-[[Greece dialing code 210|210]] (030-210) -490 through 9
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| [[YPES|Municipal code]]: || 4008
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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: || KDL
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| Address of administration: || 231 Gregoriou Lampraki St. Korydallos 181 10
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'''Korydalos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Κορυδαλλός, Latin: '''Corydallos''' or '''-us'''), also '''Korydalos''', '''Koridallos''' and '''Koridalos''' is a municipality which belongs to [[Piraeus]], [[Greece]] in the western suburbs of [[Athens]]. It is the home of the [[Korydallos prisons]]. It sits on a mountain in the west named [[Aegaleo]]. It is located W of Athens, N of Piraeus and S of [[Greece Interstate 8|GR-8]]/[[E55]] and Athinon Avenue.

Farming used to dominate the community and much of the area was and remains deforested. The western half are rocky. Today, urbanization covers the south, central, westcentral and east.

The place was founded in the ancient times. It was one of the 100 municipalities in ancient [[Attica]]. In the end of the [[6th century BC]]. [[Theophilos Corydalleus]] ([[1563]]-[[1646]]) was a philosopher lived in Corydallos. 200 years later, there was [[Emmanouil Koutsikaris]] named the area that time ''San skytalodromia'', and was renamed ''Pachy or Pachi or Pahi''/ In [[1923]], the village was renamed Korydallos. The population in [[1928]] was 2,500. In [[1934]], Korydallos became an autonomous commune until [[1946]] when it became a municipality and a city. The city is now 60,000.

Korydallos has schools, lyceums, High schools, banks, a post office, and many squares (''plateies'').The main steet Taxiarchon, has become a well known shopping center with many fashion shops and boutiques.

Korydallos also has two soccer teams:

[[Proodeftiki FC|Proodeftiki]], with its own stadium at Grigoriou Lambraki street and Aetos Korydallou.

==Historical population==

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! Year !! Municipal population !! Change !! Density
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| [[1981]] || 61,313 || - || 14,179.69/km²
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| [[1991]] || 63,184 || 1,871/3.05% || 14,612.4/km²
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==External links==
*[http://www.korydallos.gr/dimos/ Official site of Korydallos municipality]
*'''Map and aerial photos''':
**Street map: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.972&longitude=23.65&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest], [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.972&lons1=23.65&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.972,23.65 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.321&lon=23.65&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite images: [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.972,23.65&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.972|23.65&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: {{coor dms|37|48|2|2N|23|39|0|E|type_city(63184)_region:GR}}

==See also:==

*[[List of municipalities of Attica]]

 
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| width ="30%" align="center" | '''North:''' [[Agia Varvara]]
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| width ="10%" align="center" | '''West:''' [[Keratsini]]
| width ="35%" align="center" | '''Skala Oropou (community)'''
| width ="30%" align="center" | '''East:''' [[Aigaleo]]
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| width ="30%" align="center" | '''South:''' [[Nikaia (Piraeus)|Nikaia]]
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{{Credit wikipedia}}

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

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+'''Korydallos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Κορυδαλλός, Latin: '''Corydallos''' or '''-us'''), also '''Korydalos''', '''Koridallos''' and '''Koridalos''' is a municipality which belongs to [[Piraeus]], [[Greece]] in the western suburbs of [[Athens]]. It is the home of the [[Korydallos prisons]].  It sits on a mountain in the west named [[Aegaleo]].  It is located W of Athens, N of Piraeus and S of [[Greece Interstate 8|GR-8]]/[[E55]] and Athinon Avenue.
 Farming used to dominate the community and much of the area was and remains deforested.  The western half are rocky.  Today, urbanization covers the south, central, westcentral and east.
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