Fyli

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Fyli (Φυλή)
Coordinates	38°6′ N 23°40′ E
Country	Greece
Periphery	Attica
Prefecture	West Attica
Population	2,947 source (2001)
Elevation	330 m
Postal code	133 xx
Area code	210
Licence plate code	Z

Fyli or Fili (Greek: Φυλή), Latin and ancient form: Phyle, is a suburb in the northwestern part of Athens, Greece.

1 Geography
2 Historical population
3 History
4 External links
5 See also

[edit] Geography

Fyli is accessed with the Attiki Odos to the south near Aspropyrgos to the southwest. The mountains of Parnitha lies to the north and northeast while the plain where Eleusis is founded lies to the south. The railroad line also runs to the north. It is located South of Thiva and Chalkida, West of GR-1 and east Attica, about 20 km North East of Eleusis and East of the Peloponnese.

The area around Fyli consists of farmlands that were mainly pastures or groves. Suburban housing arrived in the 1980s.

Fyli has schools, a few lyceums, a gymnasium, banks, a post office and a few squares (plateies).

[edit] Historical population

Year	Town population	Change	Municipal population
1981	2,135	-	-
1991	2,917	782/36.63%	2,925

[edit] History

In 404 BC Thrasybulus and the exiles from Phyle seized Munychia.

[edit] External links

Mapquest - Fyli, street map not available
Coordinates: 37°6′8″N, 23°39′52″E

Northwest: Dervenochori	North: Avlona
West: Aspropyrgos	Fyli	East: Acharnes and Ano Liosia
	South: Aspropyrgos and Ano Liosia	Southeast: Ano Liosia