Avlonas, Attica

Avlona Αυλώνα
Settlement
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Area
• Total	106.09 km2 (40.96 sq mi)
Elevation	120 m (390 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	5,184
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	190 11
Area code(s)	22950
Vehicle registration	ZB-ZY

Avlona (Greek: Αυλώνα), Latin and older form: Aulon (Ancient Greek: Αυλών) is a municipality in Attica, Greece. It is a suburb of Athens. The settlement dates back to ancient times. Avlona is linked with the Malakassa-Schimatari Road and has interchanges with GR-1/E75 and is also linked with a road to Oropos and Nea Palatia and a dirt road to Parnitha. The area around Avlona has farmlands to the north and mountains filled with grasslands and some forests to the south. The summit of Pyrgathi elevating 502 m where the modern boundary of Attica and Boeotia/Viotia since 1947 lies to the west. The highest point is the Parnitha mountain which is 1,413 m and lies to the southeast and can also be seenf. Avlona is located north of Athens, S of GR-1/E75 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki), E of Thiva and south of Chalkida.

Businesses are the most popular industry in Avlona, agriculture dominates the farmlands and formerly dominated Avlona when housing arrived in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Name

Avlonas (Greek: Αυλώνας) is often called Avlona (Αυλώνα). This term however is wrong, since the term Avlonas which is of masculine state, should be used over the term Avlona which is of feminine state. The ancient Greek name Avlon (Αυλών) is of masculine state and therefore leaves no margins for missuse of the name. It appears that the name Αvlon is connected with the worshiping of Dionysos, since an ancient slab dedicated to Διονυσώι Αυλωνέι (Dionysos of Avlon) has been found in the area.

Nearest places

• Agios Thomas, west
• Oinofyta, northwest
• Sykamino, north
• Asprochori, northeast
• Malakassa, east

Other

Avlolas has three pre-school facilities, one elementary school, one lyceum/middle school, one gymnasio/high school, churches, a train station with the OSE line linking Athens and Thessaloniki, a post office and a few squares (plateies).

Historical population

Year	Population	Change	Municipal population
1981	5,215	-	-
1991	6,316	+1,101/+21.11/%	6,441
2001	5,184	-1,132/-17.92%	-

External links

• GTP Travel Pages (Municipality)
• Zygomala Museum
• Avlona Bicycling Tour in 1994
• Schools in Avlona
• Map and aerial photos:
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  • Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
• Coordinates: 38°16′1″N 23°41′52″E

Northwest: Oinofyta	North: Oropos (community)
West: Dervenochori	Avlona	East: Malakassa (community)
	South: Acharnes (community)