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Avlona (Greek: Αυλώνα), Latin and older form: Aulon is a municipality of East Attica in Greece, it is also a suburb of Athens. The settlement dates back to ancient times. Avlona is linked with the Malakassa-Schimatari Road and has interchanges with GR-1/E75 and is also linked with a road to Oropos and Nea Palatia and a dirt road to Parnitha. The area around Avlona has farmlands to the north and mountains filled with grasslands and some forests to the south. The summit of Pyrgathi elevating 502 m where the modern boundary of Attica and Boeotia/Viotia since 1947 lies to the west. The highest point is the Parnitha mountain which is 1,413 m and lies to the southeast and can also be seenf. Avlona is located north of Athens, S of GR-1/E75 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki), E of Thiva and south of Chalkida. Businesses are the most popular industry in Avlona, agriculture dominates the farmlands and formerly dominated Avlona when housing arrived in the 1970s and the 1980s. Nearest places
Other Avlona has a few schools and few lyceums or middle schools, a few gymnasia or high schools, churches, a train station with the OSE line linking Athens and Thessaloniki, a post office and a few squares (plateies).
Historical population Year Population Municipal population 1981 5215
Division of the municipality
Links
Municipality web site (Ιστοσελίδα του Δήμου ): http://www.vilia.org/div/ West Attica perfecture: http://www.west-att.gr
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