Place:Vyronas, Athens, Attikis, Greece

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NameVyronas
Alt namesBrauronsource: GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 9779; Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Vironasource: Wikipedia
Vironassource: Wikipedia
Vyronasource: Wikipedia
TypeCity or town
Located inAthens, Attikis, Greece
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Vyronas is a suburban town and a municipality in the southeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the famous English poet and writer, who is a national hero of Greece. Formerly part of the municipality of Athens, Vyronas was created as a community in 1933, and became a municipality in 1934. The municipality has an area of 9.204 km2.

Vyronas is an inner suburb of Athens, located about 3 km southeast of Athens city centre. Towards the southeast the municipality extends to the forested Hymettus mountain. The built-up area of Vyronas is continuous with that of municipality of Athens and the neighbouring suburbs Kaisariani, Ymittos and Ilioupoli. Motorway 64 runs through the southeastern part of the municipality.

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Historical population

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Year Population
1981 57,880
1991 58,523
2001 61,102
2011 61,308
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