Ilioupoli

Ilioupoli (Greek: Ηλιούπολη, lit."Sun City") is a suburban municipality and a town in Central Athens regional unit and located in the central-southern part of the Athens agglomeration. Its name is the modern form of the ancient name of Heliopolis in Egypt. Development of Ilioupoli started around 1924, when Greek refugees from Asia Minor settled there.

Ilioupoli Ηλιούπολη
Municipality
Firefighter's memorial in Ilioupoli
Ilioupoli Location within the region
Coordinates: 37°56′N 23°45′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Regional unit	Central Athens
Government
• Mayor	Efstathios Psyropoulos (since 01-01-2024)
Area
• Municipality	12.724 km2 (4.913 sq mi)
Elevation	150 m (490 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	76,730
• Density	6,000/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	163 xx
Area code(s)	210
Vehicle registration	Z
Website	www.ilioupoli.gr

Geography

Ilioupoli is 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Athens city centre. The municipality has an area of 12.724 km².^[2] 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.

Climate

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

Climate data for Ilioupoli (1971-2000 modelled normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	12.48 (54.46)	13.00 (55.40)	15.34 (59.61)	19.89 (67.80)	25.53 (77.95)	32.43 (90.37)	32.15 (89.87)	31.96 (89.53)	28.75 (83.75)	23.23 (73.81)	17.59 (63.66)	13.82 (56.88)	22.08 (71.74)
Daily mean °C (°F)	8.84 (47.91)	9.21 (48.58)	11.19 (52.14)	15.26 (59.47)	20.59 (69.06)	25.72 (78.30)	27.58 (81.64)	27.24 (81.03)	23.60 (74.48)	18.56 (65.41)	13.84 (56.91)	10.75 (51.35)	17.70 (63.86)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	5.34 (41.61)	5.47 (41.85)	6.61 (43.90)	9.61 (49.30)	13.86 (56.95)	18.34 (65.01)	21.06 (69.91)	20.87 (69.57)	17.84 (64.11)	13.25 (55.85)	10.34 (50.61)	8.68 (47.62)	12.61 (54.69)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	44.51 (1.75)	43.54 (1.71)	50.20 (1.98)	31.88 (1.26)	18.66 (0.73)	8.26 (0.33)	8.89 (0.35)	10.06 (0.40)	9.66 (0.38)	40.85 (1.61)	60.50 (2.38)	62.75 (2.47)	389.76 (15.34)
Mean monthly sunshine hours	126.28	139.23	175.54	219.10	275.89	328.95	344.30	322.96	261.32	196.50	127.61	100.30	2,605.5
Source: Hellenic National Meteorological Service[3]

Current Weather (2021)

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

Climate data for Ilioupoli (2021 normals as of 1 November 2021, altitude 171m asl)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.8 (73.0)	20.6 (69.1)	20.1 (68.2)	26.4 (79.5)	33.6 (92.5)	37.9 (100.2)	39.5 (103.1)	41.4 (106.5)	35.2 (95.4)	24.5 (76.1)	—	—	41.4 (106.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	14.7 (58.5)	15.4 (59.7)	15.6 (60.1)	19.6 (67.3)	26.7 (80.1)	29.5 (85.1)	33.9 (93.0)	34.0 (93.2)	28.0 (82.4)	21.1 (70.0)	—	—	—
Daily mean °C (°F)	12.2 (54.0)	12.1 (53.8)	12.2 (54.0)	15.9 (60.6)	22.4 (72.3)	25.4 (77.7)	29.8 (85.6)	29.8 (85.6)	24.3 (75.7)	18.1 (64.6)	—	—	—
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	9.6 (49.3)	9.5 (49.1)	9.3 (48.7)	12.6 (54.7)	18.9 (66.0)	21.7 (71.1)	26.4 (79.5)	26.6 (79.9)	21.3 (70.3)	15.7 (60.3)	—	—	—
Record low °C (°F)	0.5 (32.9)	−1.2 (29.8)	3.4 (38.1)	6.3 (43.3)	15.2 (59.4)	15.4 (59.7)	23.5 (74.3)	23.7 (74.7)	15.3 (59.5)	12.2 (54.0)	—	—	−1.2 (29.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	40.2 (1.58)	10.6 (0.42)	7.4 (0.29)	18.0 (0.71)	0.0 (0.0)	22.2 (0.87)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	128.2 (5.05)	—	—	—
Source: National Observatory of Athens[4]

Historical population

Year	Population
1981	69,560
1991	75,037
2001	75,904
2011	78,153
2021	76,730

Landmarks

• 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

Sports

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

Sport clubs based in Ilioupoli
Club	Founded	Sports	Achievements
Charavgiakos F.C.	1949	Football, Basketball	Earlier presence in Beta Ethniki, in football
GS Ilioupoli	1953	Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Water Polo, Judo, Athletics and other sports	Earlier presence in Beta Ethniki in football, presence in A1 Ethniki in Women's Volleyball and Men's Water Polo

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Greece

• Heliopolis (Cairo), Egypt
• Iași, Romania
• Larnaca, Cyprus
• Novi Sad, Serbia (1994)