Place:Cholargos, Athens, Attikis, Greece

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NameCholargos
Alt namesCholargussource: Wikipedia
Holargossource: Wikipedia
Kholargossource: Wikipedia
Kholargóssource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity or town
Coordinates38.0°N 23.8°E
Located inAthens, Attikis, Greece
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Holargos (also: Cholargos) is a suburb of Athens, Greece, located northeast of the city center and about away from Syntagma Square. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Papagou-Cholargos, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 3.950 km2. The main thoroughfare is Mesogeion Avenue, which connects Cholargos with central Athens and the northern beltway Motorway 6.

Cholargos was the name of a deme of ancient Attica. The most prominent citizen of ancient Cholargos was Pericles. Cholargos was part of the community of Chalandri until 1933, when it became a separate community. It became a municipality in 1963.

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Historical population

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Year Population
1981 31,703
1991 33,691
2001 32,166
2011 30,840
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