Ilioupoli

Ilioupoli is {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of Athens city centre. The municipality has an area of 12.724 km².{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }} It lies at the western foot of the forested Hymettus mountain, which covers the eastern half of the municipality. Its built-up area is continuous with those of neighbouring suburbs Ymittos, Agios Dimitrios, Alimos and Argyroupoli. The main thoroughfares are Vouliagmenis Avenue, which connects Ilioupoli with central Athens, and Venizelou Avenue, which connects with the A62 Hymettus Ring Road (formerly the A64 until 2024). Ilioupoli metro station is served by Line 2 of the Athens Metro. Ilioupoli is also linked by bus to downtown Athens (OASA 237 line), to Glyfada (OASA 140 line) and Piraeus (OASA 218 line).

Ilioupoli is subdivided into 11 quarters: Agia Marina, Agia Mavra, Agia Paraskevi, Agios Konstantinos-Kanaria, Ano Ilioupoli, Astynomika-Panorama, Kato Ilioupoli, Kentro, Nisaki, Typografika and Chalikaki. Ilioupoli has an uncommon street plan, characterised by 5 sets of concentric circular or oval streets.

Ilioupoli has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa). Ilioupoli experiences hot, dry summers and mild, wetter winters.

{{Weather box

|location=Ilioupoli (1971-2000 modelled normals)

|metric first=yes

|single line=yes

|Jan high C=12.48

|Feb high C=13.00

|Mar high C=15.34

|Apr high C=19.89

|May high C=25.53

|Jun high C=32.43

|Jul high C=32.15

|Aug high C=31.96

|Sep high C=28.75

|Oct high C=23.23

|Nov high C=17.59

|Dec high C=13.82

|year high C=22.08

|Jan mean C=8.84

|Feb mean C=9.21

|Mar mean C=11.19

|Apr mean C=15.26

|May mean C=20.59

|Jun mean C=25.72

|Jul mean C=27.58

|Aug mean C=27.24

|Sep mean C=23.60

|Oct mean C=18.56

|Nov mean C=13.84

|Dec mean C=10.75

|year mean C=-

|Jan low C=5.34

|Feb low C=5.47

|Mar low C=6.61

|Apr low C=9.61

|May low C=13.86

|Jun low C=18.34

|Jul low C=21.06

|Aug low C=20.87

|Sep low C=17.84

|Oct low C=13.25

|Nov low C=10.34

|Dec low C=8.68

|year low C=-

|Jan precipitation mm=44.51

|Feb precipitation mm=43.54

|Mar precipitation mm=50.20

|Apr precipitation mm=31.88

|May precipitation mm=18.66

|Jun precipitation mm=8.26

|Jul precipitation mm=8.89

|Aug precipitation mm=10.06

|Sep precipitation mm=9.66

|Oct precipitation mm=40.85

|Nov precipitation mm=60.50

|Dec precipitation mm=62.75

|year precipitation mm=389.76

|Jan sun=126.28

|Feb sun=139.23

|Mar sun=175.54

|Apr sun=219.10

|May sun=275.89

|Jun sun=328.95

|Jul sun=344.30

|Aug sun=322.96

|Sep sun=261.32

|Oct sun=196.50

|Nov sun=127.61

|Dec sun=100.30

|year sun=2605.5

|source 1 = Hellenic National Meteorological Service{{cite web

| url=http://climatlas.hnms.gr/sdi/

| title=Ilioupoli Climatic Data

| publisher=Hellenic National Meteorological Service

| access-date=31 October 2021

}}

| date=October 2021

}}

Weather records for 2021 in Ilioupoli (as of 1 November 2021) are given below:

{{Weather box

|location=Ilioupoli (2021 normals as of 1 November 2021, altitude 171m asl)

|metric first=yes

|single line=yes

|Jan record high C=22.8

|Feb record high C=20.6

|Mar record high C=20.1

|Apr record high C=26.4

|May record high C=33.6

|Jun record high C=37.9

|Jul record high C=39.5

|Aug record high C=41.4

|Sep record high C=35.2

|Oct record high C=24.5

|Nov record high C=-

|Dec record high C=-

|year record high C=-

|Jan high C=14.7

|Feb high C=15.4

|Mar high C=15.6

|Apr high C=19.6

|May high C=26.7

|Jun high C=29.5

|Jul high C=33.9

|Aug high C=34.0

|Sep high C=28.0

|Oct high C=21.1

|Nov high C=-

|Dec high C=-

|year high C=-

|Jan mean C=12.2

|Feb mean C=12.1

|Mar mean C=12.2

|Apr mean C=15.9

|May mean C=22.4

|Jun mean C=25.4

|Jul mean C=29.8

|Aug mean C=29.8

|Sep mean C=24.3

|Oct mean C=18.1

|Nov mean C=-

|Dec mean C=-

|year mean C=-

|Jan low C=9.6

|Feb low C=9.5

|Mar low C=9.3

|Apr low C=12.6

|May low C=18.9

|Jun low C=21.7

|Jul low C=26.4

|Aug low C=26.6

|Sep low C=21.3

|Oct low C=15.7

|Nov low C=-

|Dec low C=-

|year low C=-

|Jan record low C=0.5

|Feb record low C=-1.2

|Mar record low C=3.4

|Apr record low C=6.3

|May record low C=15.2

|Jun record low C=15.4

|Jul record low C=23.5

|Aug record low C=23.7

|Sep record low C=15.3

|Oct record low C=12.2

|Nov record low C=-

|Dec record low C=-

|year record low C=-

|Jan precipitation mm=40.2

|Feb precipitation mm=10.6

|Mar precipitation mm=7.4

|Apr precipitation mm=18.0

|May precipitation mm=0.0

|Jun precipitation mm=22.2

|Jul precipitation mm=0.0

|Aug precipitation mm=0.0

|Sep precipitation mm=0.0

|Oct precipitation mm=128.2

|Nov precipitation mm=-

|Dec precipitation mm=-

|year precipitation mm=-

|source 1 = National Observatory of Athens{{cite web

| url=https://penteli.meteo.gr/stations/ilioupoli/NOAAYR.TXT

| title=Ilioupoli Climatic Data

| publisher=National Observatory of Athens, Institute of Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, meteo.gr

| access-date=1 November 2021

}}

| date=November 2021

}}

• Anapsiktirio "Demetrios Kintis"
• Plateia Iroon (Iroon Square)
• Koimisi tis Theotokou Church
• Kentriki Plateia (Central Square or Hethnikis Antistaseos Square)
• The Stouggaris Building (Sophia the fox, big one)
• Plateia Kanaria (Kanaria Square)
• Plateia Flemingk (Fleming Square)
• Chalikaki Athletics Stadium

Ilioupoli is the seat of the clubs Charavgiakos F.C., club founded in 1949 and Ilioupoli F.C., club founded in 1953.

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Greece}}

• {{flagicon|EGY}} Heliopolis (Cairo), Egypt
• {{flagicon|ROU}} Iași, Romania
• {{flagicon|CYP}} Larnaca, Cyprus
• {{flagicon|SRB}} Novi Sad, Serbia (1994)

;Notes

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• [http://www.ilioupoli.gr/ Official website] {{in lang|el}}
• [http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/ Europe/Greece/Attica/Attiki/Ilioupoli/ Photos of Ilioupoli]
• http://www.cityofilioupolis.gr/ (in Greek)

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Ilioupoli

| North = Vyronas

| Northeast = Vyronas

| East = Kropia

| Southeast = Kropia

| South = Argyroupoli

| Southwest = Alimos

| West = Agios Dimitrios

| Northwest = Dafni and Ymittos

| image =

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Category:Municipalities of Attica

Category:Populated places in Central Athens (regional unit)