Irlandos at 10:59, January 12, 2006

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| [[Prefecture]]: || [[Attica]]
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| [[Metropolis|Metropolitan Area]]: || [[Athens]]
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| Location: Latitude: Longitude:|| 37.98 (37°50'56") N lat. 23.7535 (23°45'14") E long. 
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| Population: ([[1991]])  - Total  - Density  - Rank|| 17,998  -1,999.78/km 
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:|| [[Saronic Gulf]] 110 m (centre) northeastern part
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 166 73 (most addresses)
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-(00)30-[[Greece dialing code 210|210]]-890 through 899
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| [[YPES|Municipal code]]: || 0312
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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: || VAA ('''V'''oul'''a''' '''A'''ttikis)

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| Address of administration: || 18 [[Konstantinos Karamanlis|Konstantinou Karamli]] Street Voula 166 73
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'''Voula''' (Greek: Βούλα, translating to something like a "spot") is a municipality and a suburban town in southern [[Attica]] and is the second southernmost municipality in the [[Megalo Daktylo]] (Large Fingernail), approximately 17 km S of [[Athens]], SW of the [[Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport]] and the [[Attiki Odos]] (numbers 6 and 62), NW of Cape [[Sounio]] and south of the Hymettus Ring. Voula is linked with Athinas Avenue ([[Greece Interstate 89|GR-89]]) and has the southernmost terminus of Vouliagmenis Avenue and the road from the airport and a bypass to the northeast. Voula is linked with the [[Athens Tramway]] to the northwest. Markopoulo once had a railway station and was linked with rail linking near [[Kifissia]] and [[Lavrio]]. Today, the nearest [[Proastiakos]] rail lies to the north. The beach which are famous for its hotels lies to the southwest.

The [[Hymettus]] mountains lies to the east and a valley to the east and are filled with rocks and bushes. Forests lie to the south and south of the boundary with Vouliagmenis and within the coastline. Farmlands are located in the valley areas and southward. More mountains are further southwest. The panorama of other mountains includes the [[Hymettus]] to the northwest and the [[Penteli]] to the north.

The population were rural until the [[1960s]] suburban housing popped up in the 1980s and the 1990s which most of the population are urban. Farmlands used to dominate the central parts and within the Saronic. Later, Voula became part of the Athens Metropolitan Area. In the [[1980s]], Vouliagmenis Avenue began extending from north of Voula and became intersected with Athinas and southward with the road to Vari and Paiania, later an arterial road connected with Vouliagmenis and the road to Vari and Paiania. Housing developments slowly continues to this day and some are sporadically with farmlands or empty land. In the [[2000s]] in time for the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens Olympic Games]] in 2004, the eastern half of the road linking to Paiania as well as the airport added two lanes.

==Other==

Voula has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, churches, a post office and squares (''plateies'').

==Historical population==

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| [[1981]] || 10,539 || - || 1,171/km²
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| [[1991]] || 17,998 || 7,459/70.76% || 1,999.78/km² 
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==External link==
*[http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=12 Greek Travel Pages]
*'''Map and aerial photos''':
**Street map: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=23.7535&longitude=37.98&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest], [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=23.873&lons1=37.7535&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=23.7535,37.98 Google]
**Satellite images: [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=23.7535,37.98&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] - image not yet available
*Coordinates: {{coor dms|23|45|14|N|37|50|56|W|region:GR}}

 
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| width ="30%" align="center" | '''North:''' [[Glyfada]]
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| width ="10%" align="center" | '''West:''' ''[[Saronic Gulf]]''
| width ="35%" align="center" | '''Voula'''
| width ="30%" align="center" | '''East:''' [[Vari]]
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| width ="30%" align="center" | '''South:''' [[Vouliagmeni]]
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==See also:==

*[[List of municipalities of Attica]]

[[Category: Attica prefecture]]

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

Voula - Revision history

Irlandos at 10:59, January 12, 2006