Papagou
Sign in to savePapagou ( or Παπάγος Papagos) is a suburban town and municipal unit in the eastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after Marshal Alexandros Papagos, a general who led the Greek Army in the Second World War and the Greek Civil War, before becoming Prime Minister of Greece. The Greek Ministry of National Defense is located in town.
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Place details
- Locality
- Δήμος Ζωγράφου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Αττικής
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 13,962
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Papagou
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Παπάγου
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Papagou.svg
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Attica 06-13 Hills of Hymettus 18 view.jpg
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 200
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within North Athens regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Attica
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- North Athens
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Papagou-Cholargos
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 13962
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Named after
- Alexandros Papagos
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +13699
- Elevation
- +200
- Shares border with
- Zografou
- Image
- Dimarxeio-papagou.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
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Papagou ( or Παπάγος Papagos) is a suburban town and municipal unit in the eastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after Marshal Alexandros Papagos, a general who led the Greek Army in the Second World War and the Greek Civil War, before becoming Prime Minister of Greece. The Greek Ministry of National Defense is located in town.
Papagou was part of the municipality of Cholargos until 1965, when it became a separate community. It became a municipality in 1982. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Papagou-Cholargos, of which it is a municipal unit according to the Kallikratis Plan.