Irlandos at 08:10, February 2, 2006

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| [[Metropolis|Metropolitan Area]]: || [[Athens]]
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| Location: || {{coor dms|38|0|36|N|23|41|26|E|region:GR}}
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| Area: -Total -Water -Rank|| 10 km²  [[List of municipalities of Greece by area|Rank xxth]]

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| Population: ([[2001]])  - Total  - Density¹  - Rank||  137,288  around/13,728km² 
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:|| about 45 m 50 m(centre) around 100 m
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 121 and 126
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-30-[[Greece dialing code 210|210]] (030-210) -570 through 9
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| [[YPES|Municipal code]]: || 0139
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| [[License plates in Greece|Car designation]]: || <code>Y</code> (prev.) <code>Z</code> pres.

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[[Peristeri]] ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon" in Greek), older forms '''Peristerio''' and '''Peristerion''' is a suburban community in [[Athens]] area ([[Attica]]), [[Greece]]. It is located about 5 km NW of the downtown area. The municipality is bordered by the [[Cephissus]]/Cephissos River, Athinon Avenue ([[Greece Interstate 8A|GR-8]]), [[Chaidari]] in the west and [[Petroupolis]] in the northwest. The size is around 10 sq km. Peristeri includes the northern half of the [[Athens Industrial Area]]. Its main streets are Kennedy Street and Thívon Street. The [[Athens Bus Terminal]] is in the east slightly east of Peristeri along with its nearest station in [[Sepolia]], a part of Athens.

Peristeri has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a post office and squares (''plateies''). Peristeri has a [[football (soccer)]] team named [[Atromitos Athens FC]].

==Historical population==

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| [[1981]] || 140,858 || - || around 14,085.8/km²
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| [[1991]] || 137,288 || 3,570/2.53% || around 13,728.8/km²
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==Site of interest==

*Cathedral
*Peristeri Arena

==Persons==

*[[Grigoris Bithikotsis]] ([[December 11]], [[1922]] - [[April 7]], [[2005]])

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<td width = 30% align="center">'''North:''' [[Petroupolis]]</td>
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<td width = 10% align="center">'''West:''' [[Petroupolis]], [[Chaidari]] </td>
<td width = 35% align="center">'''Peristeri'''</td>
<td width = 30% align="center">'''East:''' [[Athens]] </td>
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<td width = 30% align="center">'''South:''' [[Aegaleo]]</td>
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[[Category:Athens]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]
[[Category:Attica prefecture]]

Peristeri - Revision history

Irlandos at 08:10, February 2, 2006