Vilia

Vilia (Greek: Βίλια) is a municipality of the Greek prefecture or prefectural seat of West Attica in Attica. Vilia is northwest of the road linking the GR-3 (Athens - Thiva]] about 3 km west of Oinoi and Aigosthena abd Aigeirousses, it also serves a road to the western part of mount Kithaironas. The area around Vilia are mountainous with Makri Oros (850 m) to the south, mount Kithaironas (1,409 m) to the northwest and Pastra to the northeast. Farmlandas are situated in the valley areas. The ancient Eleutheriae lies to the northeast. Vilia is located northwest of Athens and Elefsina, ENE of Corinth and south of Thiva.

The municipality includes villages in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Corinth including the ancient city of Aigosthena

Economy

Agriculture is the main industry of the area around Vilia, businesses dominates Vilia.

Division of the municipality of Vilia with a population 3215 (census 2001)

• Vilia / Δ.δ. Βιλίων [ 3.215 ]
  
  • Vilia / τα Βίλια [ 1.955 ]
    
  • Agia Paraskevi / η Αγία Παρασκευή [ 3 ]
    
  • Agios Konstantinos / ο Αγιος Κωνσταντίνος [ 6 ]
    
  • Agios Nektarios / ο Άγιος Νεκτάριος [ 136 ]
    
  • Aigosthena / τα Αιγόσθενα [ 320 ]
    
  • Ano Alepochori / το Άνω Αλεποχώρι [ 54 ]
    
  • Veniza / η Βένιζα [ 88 ]
    
  • Kato Alepochori / το Κάτω Αλεποχώρι [ 412 ]
    
  • Kryo Pigadi / το Κρύο Πηγάδι [ 21 ]
    
  • Louba / η Λούμπα [ 7 ]
    
  • Mytikas / ο Μύτικας [ 6 ]
    
  • Profitis Ilias / ο Προφήτης Ηλίας [ 35 ]
    
  • Psatha / η Ψάθα [ 172 ]
    

Vilia Google Earth

Nearest places

• Aigosthenes, west
  
• Erythres, north
  
• Oinoi, east
  

Historical population

Year Population

1981 2427
1991 1912
2001 1955

Other

Vilia has a few schools, a lyceum or a middle school, a gymnasium or a high school, churches, a post office, banks and squares (plateies).

Links

• Official Website
  
• West Attica
  
• Historical references of the town of Vilia
  
• Map and aerial photos:
  
• Street map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google or Yahoo! Maps
  
• Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
  
• Coordinates: 38°9′49″N, 29°24′4″E
  

Municipality web site (Ιστοσελίδα του Δήμου ): http://www.vilia.org/div/ West Attica perfecture: http://www.west-att.gr

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