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Anavyssos (Greek: Ανάβυσσος, until the 1990s, Anavissos) is a suburban Athens town in East Attica, located northwest of Cape Sounion. It is linked by GR-91 and runs through Anavyssos, and no railroad. The neighboring communities is Kalyvia in the northeast. It sits next to a mountain south of the centre. With a 2001 census population of 7,189 inhabitants, it is the largest commune (κοινότητα, as opposed to municipality or δήμος) in Greece. Mountains surround the town and a small plain is in the middle. The town offers a beach, a square, an amusement park which is sometimes used and a school. The mountains' forest are rare. Housing developments began slowly between the 1970s and the 1990s. The elevation is about 1 m in the centre. The settlement dates back to ancient times. Pine forests are in the west.
[edit] Historical population
| Year |
Communal population |
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| 1981 |
2,383 |
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| 1991 |
4,108 |
1,725/72.39% |
| 2001 |
7,189 |
3,081/75.00% |
[edit] Subdivision
- Paralia Anavyssos, Anavyssos' nearest beach.
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[edit] See also
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