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Vilia






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Coordinates: 38°10′N 23°20′E / 38.167°N 23.333°E / 38.167; 23.333
  
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The Vilia are also Celtic woodland spirits, known in English as witch of the wood.
Vilia
Βίλια
Municipal unit
View of Vilia from the west
View of Vilia from the west
Vilia is located in Greece
Vilia

Vilia

Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 38°10′N 23°20′E / 38.167°N 23.333°E / 38.167; 23.333
CountryGreece
Administrative regionAttica
Regional unitWest Attica
MunicipalityMandra-Eidyllia
Area
 • Municipal unit144.851 km2 (55.927 sq mi)
Elevation
301 m (988 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
2,514
 • Municipal unit density17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
190 06
Area code(s)22630
Vehicle registrationZ
Websitewww.vilia.org

Vilia (Greek: Βίλια; formerly Eidyllia, Ειδυλλία) is a village and a former municipalityofWest Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mandra-Eidyllia, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] Its population was 2,514 at the 2021 census.[1] It is part of Athens metropolitan area.[3] The inhabitants of Vilia are Arvanites.[4]

Geography[edit]

The municipal unit Vilia covers the mountainous northwestern part of Attica, and has a land area of 144.851 km2.[5] The main mountain ranges are Cithaeron (1,409 m) in the northwest and Pastra in the northeast. In the west it stretches along the coast of the Alkyonides Gulf, a bay of the Gulf of Corinth. The village Vilia, the largest in the municipal unit, lies in the easternmost part, at the southeastern foot of Cithaeron. Vilia is 6 km south of Erythres, 7 km west of Oinoi, 10 km east of the coastal village Aigosthena, 17 km south of Thebes and 40 km northwest of Athens.

The municipal unit's largest villages are Vilia (pop. 1,269 in 2011), Kato Alepochori (220), Aigosthena (80), Veniza (52), and Agios Nektarios (40).

Subdivisions[edit]

Metamorfosis Sotiros Church, designed by Ernst Ziller

The municipal unit Vilia consists of the following villages:

Historical population[edit]

Year Town population Municipal unit population
1981 2,427 -
1991 1,912 3,412
2001 1,955 3,215
2011 1,269 1,753
2021 1,587 2,514

Notable people[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  • ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  • ^ "Athens Population 2021 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)".
  • ^ Adamou E. & Drettas G. 2008, Slave, Le patrimoine plurilingue de la Grèce – Le nom des langues II, E. Adamou (éd.), BCILL 121, Leuven, Peeters, p.54.
  • ^ "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.

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