Petroupoli

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Coordinates: 38°2′N, 23°41′E

Petroupoli (Πετρούπολη)

Map of Greece, position of Petroupoli highlighted

48,327 (2001)

140 m

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Stefanos - Gavriil Vlachos

Website

www.petroupoli.gr

Petroupoli (older form: Petroupolis) (Greek, modern: Πετρούπολη, Katharevousa: Πετρούπολις) is a suburb in the northwestern part of Athens Metropolitan Area, in Greece. The two mountain picks of Mount Aigaleo lie to the north and west of the suburb. It is also located ESE of Eleusis, S of the Attiki Odos (Exit number 6), W of Kifissou Avenue (GR-1/E75, and Athens, NW of Poseidonos Avenue and N of Piraeus. The main streets (25 March Ave., Anatolikis Romylias St. and Perikleous St.) connect the town with Ilion and Peristeri.

1 Geography
2 Other
3 Mayors and elections
4 Historical population
5 External links
6 See also

[edit] Geography

The area of Petroupoli were mainly made up of farmlands. Pasture farming and groves were common. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands between the 1950s and the 1990s, and continued until the late 1990s but rarely today. Today, the eastern and the central part of the municipality are urbanized or residential. The rocky landscape of Aigaleo with a few bushes lies to the west and to the north. Mining was common in the western part between the 1960s and the late 20th century. One of the abandoned quarries located nearly 1 km northwest was turned into a park, and a few became sporting areas. The Petra Festival takes place every summer. The mountain range is along its municipal boundary to the northwest, and the northern part of the mountaintop is north of the city hall.

The streets in the central part of Petroupoli run southwest to northeast and southeast to northwest. The southern and the eastern residential streets are mixed. The junior football (soccer) team is named Aris Petroupoli.

[edit] Other

The history of this city is believed that started at middle 1930s when a newspaper started to distribute building grounds via coupons to its readers. Petroupoli today has many private and 15 public kindergartens, 12 primary schools (11 public and 1 private), 6 public lower secondary schools (gymnasia), 5 public upper secondary schools (lyceums) and one public Technical Secondary School (EPAL). Also, it has many bank branches, including services as Cirrus, Maestro and Visa, a police station, a post office, supermarkets, parks and sporting fields including several near the mountain and squares (plateies). It has been stated from ASDA (Association for the Development of Western Athens) that Petroupoli is the most developed western suburb of Athens.

[edit] Mayors and elections

In Petroupolis there was a great tradition of mayors supported by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). For many years mayor of this suburb was Nicolaos Paximadas supported by KKE. After his retirement, another candidate supported by KKE, Georgios Giogos, became the mayor of this area for 8 years (between 1994 and 2002). In 2002 the candidate Stefanos Vlachos supported from both another party of the Greek political left named Synaspismos and PASOK (Panhellenic Socialist Movement) got in.