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Thrakomakedones
Sign in to saveThrakomakedones (Greek: Θρακομακεδόνες from Thrace and Macedonia), is a town in the regional unit East Attica, in Attica region, Greece. It is a northern suburb of Athens. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Acharnes, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 3.550 km2.
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Θρακομακεδόνων
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Αττικής
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 7,312
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Thrakomakedones
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Θρακομακεδόνες
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Thrakomakedonon.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Attica
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- East Attica
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Acharnes
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 7312
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 3.550
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 360
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 136 76
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 210 243
- Greek Dimos.licence
- Z
- Greek Dimos.website
- www.thrakomakedones.gr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 8200
- Area
- 3.55
- Elevation
- 360
- Shares border with
- Acharnes
- Official website
- www.thrakomakedones.gr
- Image
- Agia-trias.jpg
- Dialing code
- 210 243
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- Commons category
- Thrakomakedones
- postal code
- 136 76
- inception
- 1961-00-00
- native label
- Θρακομακεδόνες
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Climate
- Historical population
- Notable people
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
- External links
Thrakomakedones (Greek: Θρακομακεδόνες from Thrace and Macedonia), is a town in the regional unit East Attica, in Attica region, Greece. It is a northern suburb of Athens. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Acharnes, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 3.550 km2.
==Overview== Thrakomakedones is situated in the southern foothills of the Parnitha mountain, at the northern edge of the Athens conurbation. It is 5 km northeast of Acharnes and 16 km north of Athens city centre. The 1999 Athens earthquake affected Thrakomakedones, causing severe damage to several houses and a school. During a heatwave, on 7 August 2021 wildfires affecting Greece were spreading towards Thrakomakedones; many people left their homes. File:Eksodos-thrakomakedones.jpg File:Parnitha-thrakomakedones.jpg File:Thrakomakedones2.png File:Aytokinito-aristotelous.jpg File:Pezodromos-aristotelous.jpg File:Agia-trias.jpg File:Thrakomakedones.jpg.png
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thrakomakedones” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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