ANAVYSSOS

'Anavyssos' (Greek: Ανάβυσσος, until the 1990s, ''Anavissos'') is a suburban Athens town in southern Attica, and NW of Cape Sounion. It is linked by GR-91 and runs through Anavyssos, and no railroad. The neighboring communities is Kalyvia in the northeast. It sits next to a mountain south of the centre. The population is around 4,000 and 5,000. Mountains surround the town and a small plain is in the middle. The town offers a beach, a square, an amusement park which is sometimes used and a school. The mountains' forest are rare. Housing developments began slowly between the 1970s and the 1990s. The elevation is about 1 m in the centre. The settlement dates back to ancient times. Pine forests are in the west.

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Historical population

Subdivision

External link

See also

Historical population

Year	Communal population	Change
1981	2,383	-
1991	4,108	1,725/72.39%

Subdivision

★ Paralia Anavyssos, Anavyssos' nearest beach.

External link

★ http://www.worldcitypages.net/cities/anavyssos_gr/

	'North:' Saronida (community), Kalyvia Thoriko
'West:' Saronic Gulf	'Anavyssos' (commune)	'East:' Keratea
	'South:' Palaia Fokaia

See also

★ Communities of Attica