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Drosia or Drossia (Greek: Δροσιά meaning cool, dew) is a rather exclusive suburb in Attica, Greece -- just about 22 km north of Athens. Drosia is purely residential, which means there are no shops or night clubs. Drosia has strict building regulations to ensure the conservation of its character as a pleasant, green suburb. Drosia sits in the between the Athenian plain and the Penteli mountains. The plain is to the west, the forests of the mountains that are connected with the mountain north of Penteli is to the east. Drosia is bounded with the Megali Diktyo as well as the agglomeration to the south. Drosia is accessed with an interchange with GR-1/E75 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) at the 21th km near Varympompi 3 km west. The Cephissus River lies to the west. The main street is Theseos (Theseus) Avenue which is also GR-83, Grigoris Lamprakis Street and the road to Dionysos and Rea. Ekali is located SE of Thiva, S of Euboea and Oropos, W of Marathon, NE of Kifissia and NE of the Attiki Odos (number 6). Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures of Greece ...
Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attikí) is a nomos (prefecture) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. ...
A metropolis (in Greek metera = mother and polis = city/town) is a major city, which is an economical and cultural center for some country, and usually a hub for its international connections. ...
The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ...
1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ...
This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ...
The National Statistical Service of Greece (NSSG) is a General Secretariat of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance with more than 1100 employees. ...
The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ...
Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attikí) is a nomos (prefecture) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. ...
Pentéli or Pendeli, (Greek: Πεντέλη, ancient forms: Pentele or Pentelicus, Mendeli in medieval times) is a tall mountain and mountain range situated northeast of Athens and southwest of Marathon. ...
Pentéli or Pendeli, (Greek: Πεντέλη, ancient forms: Pentele or Pentelicus, Mendeli in medieval times) is a tall mountain and mountain range situated northeast of Athens and southwest of Marathon. ...
Greece Interstate 1 is one of the longest highways in Greece. ...
Cephissus (Athenian plain) (Greek Κήφισσος, Kifissós, Kephissós, Kêphissos) or Cephisus (Greek Κήφισος Kêphissos), a river flowing through the Athenian plain. ...
Theseus (Θησευς) was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aegeus (or of Poseidon). ...
Euboea, or Negropont (Greek: Εύβοια, modern transliteration: Evvoia, Evvia or Evia), is the largest island of the Greek archipelago. ...
Oropos, or Oropus is a Greek seaport, on the Euripus in Attica, opposite Eretria. ...
Marathon (Greek, Modern: Μαραθώνα Marathona or Marathonas, Ancient/Katharavousa: Μαραθών) is a town in Greece, the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the Athenian army defeated the Persians. ...
Kifissia (Greek, Modern: Κηφισσιά, Ancient/Katharevousa: Κηφισσία, Ancient form/Latin: Cephissia) or Kifisia is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. ...
Attiki Odos (Greek: Αττική Οδος) is a private-owned superhighway in Greece. ...
Until the 1960s and the 1970s, farmlands cover the western part of Drosia which existed into the 1990s. Forests covers the central part of Drosia. Most of the population are urban while until the 1960s and the 1970s were rural. Luxury houses arrived in Drosia and into the forested parts. The houses in the 1980s and the 1990s reached the Penteli mountain. Housing developments continues to this day. the street plan is mainly of mixed triangles and lines that run parallel not as a grid and some others. The streets has squares and circles which are aligned with local streets. Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...
Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution...
On September 7, 1999, the September 1999 earthquake rumbled Drosia causing no damages to properties. Other
Drosia has few schools, lyceums, a few gymnasia, banks, churches, a post office and a few squares (plateies). Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...
Historical population | Year | Population | Change | | 1981 | 1,403 | - | 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
External links - Mapquest - Drosia (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Drosia&country=GR), street map not available
- Coordinates: 38° 51′ 28″ N 23° 7′ 2″ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=38_51_28_N_23_7_2_E_region:GR)
Acharnes, commonly Acharnai or Acharne (or Akharnes, Akharne, Akharnai, Aharnes, Aharnai, Aharne, Greek:, Ancient/Katharevousa and official name: Αχάρναι, Modern and older spelling: Αχάρνες) is a suburb of Athens also known as Menidi (Μενίδι). ...
Ekali is a rather exclusive suburb in Attica, Greece -- just north of Athens. ...
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