Egaleo

Aegaleo, commonly Aigaleo or Egaleo (Greek: Αιγάλεω [eɣa'leo]) is a municipality west of Athens, Greece, situated west of the Cephissos river and southeast of Mount Egaleo. Its population was 74,046 at the 2001 census, and one quarter of the municipality is industrialized, mainly to the east where the Cephissus valley is located, and is connected as the Athens Industrial Area.

History

A former name for Egaleo Community was "Nees Kidonies", before becoming a Municipality in 1941, during German occupation. Most of its citizens are workers, and the city's soccer team is Egaleo FC, while its city newspaper since 1985 shares the city's name, known as Aigaleo. This area used to be the seat of Western Attica, and the city's present mayor is Christos Kardaras. The community is served by a subway station sharing the name Egaleo; about 1/4 of its area is taken up by factory developments, and one of the biggest problems for this locality in recent decades has been traffic congestion .

Historical population

Mayors

• Athanasios Papadopoulos (First president of the Community "Nees Kidonies")
• Giorgos Kourousis
• Ioannis Batzakidis (1944)
• Aggelos Kouvelos (1947–49)
• Apostolos Stigas (1951–54)
• Stavros Mavrothalassitis (1955–67, 1974–78)
• Orfeas Tzanetopoulos (appointed by the military government, 1967–74)
• Panos Spiliopoulos (1979–86, 1991–94)
• Ioannis Mistakopoulos (1987–90, 1995–2002)
• Dimitris Kalogeropoulos (2003–2010)
• Christos Kardaras (present)

Subdivisions

• Kato Egaleo
• Neo Egaleo
• Damarakia
• Lioumi
• Rosika
• Agios Spyridonas
• Agios Georgios

People

• Rita Abatzi (1914 in Smyrna, Asia Minor, now İzmir, Turkey - June 17, 1969), a Greek musician
• Keti Garbi, Greek singer
• Tassos Halkias, Greek actor
• Sophia Strati, Greek singer
• Giorgos Zampetas, Greek musician
• Eleni Rantou, Greek actor
• Lakis Halkias, Greek musician
• Kostas Prekas, Greek actor
• Ioannis Dimaras, Greek politician & journalist
• Nasos Athanasiou, Greek journalist
• Giorgos Messalas, Greek actor
• Danis Katranidis, Greek actor
• Alexandros Asonitis, Greek writer
• Theofilos Verikios, Greek writer
• Giorgos Blanas, Greek writer
• Nikolaos Mihiotis, Greek writer

Football teams

• Egaleo FC
• A.E. Egaleo City
• A.S. Diagoras Dryopideon
• A.P.O. Ierapolis
• A.P.O. Orfeas
• A.O. Cronos

Basketball teams

• Egaleo BC

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Egaleo is twinned with:

• Reggio Calabria, Italy
• Leganés (Comunidad de Madrid), Spain

References

Sources

• "Τέχνης έργα και πρόσωπα του Αιγάλεω" (Published by the Municipality of Egaleo)
• "Εξήντα χρόνια τοπική αυτοδιοίκηση στο Αιγάλεω" (Nikolaos Mihiotis)
• "Απ' τις Νέες Κυδωνίες στο Δήμο Αιγάλεω" (Eugenia Bournova)

External links

• (Greek) Municipality of Egaleo
• (Greek) Egaleo (newspaper)