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Afidnes (Greek : Αφίδνες , Ancient Greek : Ἄφιδνα or Ἀφίδναι, from the Middle Ages until 1919: Κιούρκα - Kiourka [2] East Attica , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos , of which it is a municipal unit.[3] km 2 [4] Parnitha mountains, 3 km southwest of Polydendri , 5 km southeast of Malakasa and 27 km north of Athens city centre. Afidnes has a station on the railway from Athens to Thessaloniki . The Motorway 1 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) passes east of the town. It is part of Athens metropolitan area.
Ancient Aphidna was one of the twelve ancient towns of Attica. In Greek mythology, Aphidna was the place where Theseus left Helen after he had abducted her.[5] tumuli have been found.
Settlements [ edit ]
The municipal unit Afidnes consists of the following settlements:
Afidnes (2021 census pop. 2,422)
Agía Triada (995)
Drosopigi (164)
Kosmothea (158)
Historical population [ edit ]
Beletsi Lake
Markopoulou has historically been an Arvanite settlement.[6]
Year
Village population
Community population
1981
-
1,301
1991
1,079
1,504
2001
1,736
2,543
2011
1,908
3,642
2021
2,422
3,739
Places of interest [ edit ]
Monastery of Holy Angels in Afidnes
Persons [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette .
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
^ Smith, William , ed. (1854). "Aphidna". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
^ Hans-Jürgen Sasse (1991). Arvanitika: die albanischen Sprachreste in Griechenland . Vol. 1. p. 18. ISBN 9783447027588
^ "Beletsi, the beautiful accidental lake of Mt. Parnitha" . protothema.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2015 .
^ Herodotus Book 6: Erato, 109 "the polemarch was Callimachos of the deme of Aphidnai"
External links [ edit ]
Places adjacent to Afidnes
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afidnes&oldid=1220531858 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● P o p u l a t e d p l a c e s i n E a s t A t t i c a ● C i t i e s i n a n c i e n t A t t i c a ● O r o p o s ● A r v a n i t e s e t t l e m e n t s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● P a g e s u s i n g g a d g e t W i k i M i n i A t l a s ● C S 1 G r e e k - l a n g u a g e s o u r c e s ( el ) ● W i k i p e d i a a r t i c l e s i n c o r p o r a t i n g a c i t a t i o n f r o m t h e D G R G w i t h o u t W i k i s o u r c e r e f e r e n c e ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● C o o r d i n a t e s o n W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g G r e e k - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g A n c i e n t G r e e k ( t o 1 4 5 3 ) - l a n g u a g e t e x t
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Aphidna". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 157.
