Voula

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Voula Βούλα
View of Voula
Location
Coordinates	37°51′N 23°45′E / 37.85, 23.75Coordinates: 37°51′N 23°45′E / 37.85, 23.75
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center):	350 m (1,148 ft)
Government
Country:	Greece
Periphery:	Attica
Prefecture:	East Attica
Mayor:	Georgios Mantesis
Population statistics (as of 2005[1])
City Proper
- Population:	31,078
- Area:[2]	8.787 km² (3 sq mi)
- Density:	3,537 /km² (9,160 /sq mi)
Codes
Postal:	166 73
Area:	210
Auto:	Z
Website
www.dimosvoulas.gr

Voula (Greek: Βούλα, translatable approximately to something like a "spot") is a municipality and a suburban town in southern Attica, and the second southernmost municipality in the Megalo Daktylo (Large Finger), approximately 17 km S of Athens, Greece, SW of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62), and NW of Cape Sounio and south of the Hymettus Ring. Voula is linked with Posidonos Avenue (GR-91) and has the southernmost terminus of Vouliagmenis Avenue and the road from the airport and a bypass to the northeast; it is linked with the Athens Tramway to the northwest, and an organised beach lies to the west.

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

[edit] History

The name of the municipality, ("Voula" - Spot), has been suggested to derive oddly from the 60s, when in order to reach "Vouliagmeni" you needed first to pass from Voula, and were spotted. The population was rural until the 1960s, at which time suburban housing began to emerge, and Voula later came to form part of the Athens Metropolitan Area. It is now a suburban residential area, characterised by high real estate prices and its proximity to the commercial area of Glyfada, at the southern end of the Athens Prefecture. It also borders the municipalities of Vari and Vouliagmeni. It's the most densely populated municipality in the East Attica Prefecture, at 2,905.7 persons/km² (2001 census population of 25,532). Voula is the place where Achilleas Livanis was baptized, and consequently he assumed the name Voulianos. In the 1980s, Vouliagmenis Avenue began extension from north of Voula, intersecting the road to Vari and Paiania. By the 2000s, in time for the Athens Olympic Games, the eastern half of the road linking to Paiania and the airport was widened, with two more lanes.

[edit] Historical population

Year	Population	Change	Density
1981	10,539	-	1,199.4/km²
1991	17,998	7,459/70.78%	2,048.3/km²
2001	25,532	7,534/41.86%	2,905.7/km²

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Municipality of Voula
• Greek Travel Pages
• Map and aerial photos:
  • Street map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
  • Satellite images: Google - image not yet available
• Coordinates: 37°50′56″N, 23°45′14″E

	North: Glyfada
West: Saronic Gulf	Voula	East: Vari
	South: Vouliagmeni

[edit] See also

• List of municipalities of Attica

v • d • e Municipalities and Communities of the East Attica Prefecture Municipalities Acharnes • Agios Stefanos • Artemida • Avlona • Gerakas • Glyka Nera • Kalyvia Thorikou • Keratea • Kropia • Lavreotiki • Marathon • Markopoulo Mesogaias • Nea Makri • Paiania • Pallini • Rafina • Spata • Vari • Voula • Vouliagmeni Communities Afidnes • Agios Konstantinos • Anavyssos • Anixi • Anthousa • Dionysos • Drosia • Grammatiko • Kalamos • Kapandriti • Kouvaras • Kryoneri • Malakasa • Markopoulo Oropou • Nea Palatia • Oropos • Palaia Fokaia • Pikermi • Polydendri • Rodopoli • Saronida • Skala Oropou • Stamata • Sykamino • Thrakomakedones • Varnavas