'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.
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/
See also
★
Communities of Attica