أفيدنس

Coordinates: 38°12′N 23°50′E / 38.200°N 23.833°E / 38.200; 23.833
Afidnes
Αφίδνες
Afidnes is located in اليونان
Afidnes
Afidnes
Location within the regional unit
الإحداثيات: 38°12′N 23°50′E / 38.200°N 23.833°E / 38.200; 23.833
البلد اليونان
المنطقة الاداريةAttica
الوحدة المحليةشرق أتيكا
البلديةOropos
 • الوحدة البلدية34٫638 كم² (13٫374 ميل²)
المنسوب
361 m (1٬184 ft)
التعداد
 (2021)
 • الوحدة البلدية
3٬739
 • كثافة الوحدة البلدية110/km2 (280/sq mi)
منطقة التوقيتUTC+2 (EET)
 • الصيف (التوقيت الصيفي)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
190 14
مفتاح الهاتف22920
Vehicle registrationZ

أفيدنس (Afidnes ؛ Greek: Αφίδνες, Ancient Greek: Ἄφιδνα or Ἀφίδναι, from the Middle Ages until 1919: Κιούρκα - Kiourka[1]) هي بلدة صغيرة في شرق أتيكا، اليونان. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 34.638 km2.[3] It is situated in the eastern foothills of the Parnitha mountains, 3 km southwest of Polydendri, 5 km southeast of Malakasa and 27 km north of Athens city centre. Afidnes has a station on the railway from Athens to Thessaloniki. The A1 motorway (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) passes east of the town. It is part of Athens metropolitan area.

Ancient Aphidna was one of the twelve ancient towns of Attica. In Greek mythology, Aphidna was the place where Theseus left Helen after he had abducted her.[4] The archaeological site of Aphidnae is small. It was excavated in the 19th century. 13 Middle Helladic tumuli have been found.

التجمعات

The municipal unit Afidnes consists of the following settlements:

  • Afidnes (2021 census pop. 2,422)
  • Agía Triada (995)
  • Drosopigi (164)
  • Kosmothea (158)

Historical population

Beletsi Lake

Markopoulou has historically been an Arvanite settlement.[5]

Year Village population Community population
1981 - 1,301
1991 1,079 1,504
2001 1,736 2,543
2011 1,908 3,642
2021 2,422 3,739

معالم

Monastery of Holy Angels in Afidnes

أشخاص

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المراجع

  1. ^ Name changes of settlements in Greece
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in اليونانية). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in اليونانية). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  4. ^ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Aphidna". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 157.
  5. ^ Hans-Jürgen Sasse (1991). Arvanitika: die albanischen Sprachreste in Griechenland. Vol. 1. p. 18. ISBN 9783447027588.
  6. ^ "Beletsi, the beautiful accidental lake of Mt. Parnitha". protothema.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  7. ^ Herodotus Book 6: Erato, 109 "the polemarch was Callimachos of the deme of Aphidnai"

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