Magoula, Attica

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Coordinates: 38°5′N 23°31′E

Greece Magoula (Μαγούλα)
Magoula
Map of Greece, position of Magoula highlighted

Coordinates 38°5′ N 23°31′ E
Country Greece
Periphery Attica
Prefecture West Attica
Population 4,005 source (2001)
Elevation 35 m
Postal code 190 18
Area code 210
Licence plate code Z

Magoula (Greek: Μαγούλα) is a community of the Greek prefecture of Attica. Magoula is linked with a road linking Elefsina and Agios Thomas in Boeotia, as well as NATO Avenue, the road to Mandra in the west and has interchanges with GR-8/E94 north of Elefsina 2 km south and with the Attiki Odos (number 6) near the hospital. Sykamino also links a road to Chalkoutsi. The area around Sykamino has farmlands located in the Thriasian Plain with urban cores to the south, the mountains including Parnitha to the east lies northward. A small stream flows to the east. Magoula is located about 22 km northwest of Athens, north of Elefsina, ENE of Corinth and southeast of SSE of Thiva.

Businesses and agriculture are the most popular industry in Magoula and its surrounding area. The prior to the late-20th century were entirely rural. Housing developments arrived in the 1980s and the 1990s.

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[edit] Subdivisions

  • Agios Vlassios
  • Tsakali
  • Patima

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[edit] Historical population

Year Population Change
1981 1,915 -
1991 2,663 748/39.06%

[edit] Other

Magoula has a few schools, a lyceum or a middle school, a gymnasia or a high school, churches, a post office and a few squares (plateies).

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North: Pyli
West: Mandra Magoula (community) East: Aspropyrgos
South: Elefsina


Municipalities and communities of the West Attica Prefecture
Ano LiosiaAspropyrgosEleusisErythresFyliMandraMegaraNea PeramosViliaZefyri
MagoulaOinoi
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