Fyli

Coordinates: 38°6′N 23°40′E / 38.100°N 23.667°E / 38.100; 23.667
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Fyli
Φυλή
UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
133 xx
Area code(s)210
Vehicle registrationZ (as of 2006)

Fyli (

ancient Athenian fortress of Phyle.[3]

Municipality

The municipality Fyli was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

The municipality has an area of 109.128 km2, the municipal unit 69.281 km2.[4]

History

A group of Athenian exiles, led by

Battle of Munichia near Piraeus
.

The medieval name Chasia is first attested in 1209 as casale Cassas, as property of the

Latin Archbishopric of Athens.[5] The town is mentioned as Haşa in the Seyahatnâme of Evliya Çelebi which he visited in 1668.[6] He mentions that it is and Arvanite village with 100 houses and that 50 houses of the village are tax-exempt because they are tasked to protect the mountain pass.[7]

The village has historically been an Arvanite settlement.[8]

Fyli suffered some damage from the 2007 and the 2023 forest fires.

Geography

Fyli is situated in the southern foothills of the mountains of

Eleusis. It is 4 km northeast of Ano Liosia, 8 km northeast of Aspropyrgos and 14 km northwest of Athens city centre. Motorway 6
passes south of the town.

Population

Year Municipal unit Municipality
1981 2,135 -
1991 2,925 -
2001 2,947 -
2011 2,946 45,965
2021 3,209 48,157

See also

  • List of municipalities of Attica

References

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. .
  4. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  5. .
  6. , retrieved 2023-02-06
  7. . Haşa Köyü: Atina kazası voyvodalığıdır ki 100 haneli Arnavut keferesi köyüdür. 50 hanenin tüm reayası geçit yolunu beklemek için muaflardır. Bu köyü geçip deniz kenarınca sarp taşlık, çamlık, korkulu ve tehlikeli kafir firkateleri yatağı ve melunlar durağı olan yerleri 5 saatte geçip,
  8. ^ Pantelidis, Nikos; Liosis, Nikos (2019). "Dialectical Modern Greek Influences on Arvanitika". Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistics Theory. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: 224.
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