Nea Filadelfeia


Nea Filadelfeia is a suburb of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 2.850 km2. It was named after the Anatolian city Filadelfeia, now Alaşehir in Turkey, and it was settled by Greek refugees from Asia Minor after the Greco-Turkish War.

Geography

Nea Filadelfeia is a suburb of Athens, north of the city centre. Its built-up area is continuous with that of Athens and the surrounding suburbs Nea Chalkidona, Agioi Anargyroi, Acharnes, Metamorfosi and Nea Ionia. Motorway 1 and Greek National Road 1 pass through the town. Nea Filadelfeia has a large park, Alsos Neas Filadelfias, which covers. The park formerly hosted a large zoo. Nea Filadelfeia is roughly located at the geographical center of the Attica peninsula, around 13 km from the sea to the south suburbs and at a low elevation.

Education

Nea Filadelfeia has 9 primary schools, 4 secondary schools and 3 high schools. Among them is the .

Sports

Nea Filadelfeia is the historical home of A.E.K., a major Greek Multi-Sports Club established in 1924 in Nea Filadelfeia. It is also the home of Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia. The now demolished Nikos Goumas Stadium was the home ground of AEK F.C. from 1930 to 2003, while the Agia Sophia Stadium is expected to be the new home ground from 2020. The Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia sports club is renowned in Greece and abroad for its handball, volleyball and basketball achievements.

Historical population

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Nea Filadelfeia, like most of Athens, has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. Winters are mild while summers can be particularly hot. Nea Filadelfeia is notorious in Greece for its summer heat; according to the Hellenic National Meteorological Service it registers Greece's highest mean maximum summer temperatures for the period 1955-1997. On 26 June 2007, the H.N.M.S official climatological station of Nea Filadelfeia recorded. On the same day, the nearby official automatic H.N.M.S. weather station recorded, which is Europe's highest June temperature to date. For the 1990-2019 period, the mean maximum July temperature for Nea Filadelfeia stands at.

Notable people