Nea Filadelfeia
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Nea Filadelfeia (Template:Langx, meaning New Philadelphia) is a suburban town in the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona municipality of Central Athens regional unit, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The municipal unit has an area of 2.850 km2.<ref name=stat01>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 (1919-1922).
GeographyEdit
Nea Filadelfeia is a suburb of Athens, Template:Convert north of the city centre. Its built-up area is continuous with that of municipality of Athens and the surrounding suburbs Nea Chalkidona, Agioi Anargyroi, Acharnes, Metamorfosi and Nea Ionia. The A1 motorway (Athens - Thessaloniki) and Greek National Road 1 pass through the town. Nea Filadelfeia has a large park, Alsos Neas Filadelfias, which covers Template:Convert. The park formerly hosted a large zoo which operated since 1955 to 1995. 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.
EducationEdit
Nea Filadelfeia has 9 primary schools, 4 secondary schools (one of them is athletic type) and 3 high schools. Among them is the 3rd High School of Nea Filadelfia "Miltos Kountouras".
SportsEdit
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 the new home ground since 2022. The Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia sports club is renowned in Greece and abroad for its handball, volleyball and basketball achievements.
Nea Filadelfeia is also the birthplace of the Greek-Australian football coach Ange Postecoglou.
| Sport clubs based in Nea Filadelfeia | |||
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| Club | Founded | Sports | Achievements |
| A.E.K. (sports club) | 1924 | Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Futsal and other | One of the most successful Greek clubs with many domestic and Europeans titles |
| Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia | 1930 | Basketball, Volleyball, Handball and other | Panhellenic titles in volleyball and handball |
| FEA Filadelfeia/Chalkidona | 1989 | Basketball | Earlier presence in A1 Ethniki women |
Historical populationEdit
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 25,320 |
| 1991 | 25,261 |
| 2001 | 24,112 |
| 2011 | 25,734 |
| 2021 | 25,198 |
ClimateEdit
Nea Filadelfeia has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). The area is notorious in Greece for its summer heat; according to the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) it registers Greece's highest mean maximum summer temperatures for the period 1955-1997.<ref name="Hellenic National Meteorological Service">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 26 June 2007, during the 2007 European heat wave, Nea Filadelfeia recorded Template:Convert while, on the same day, the nearby automatic HNMS weather station recorded Template:Convert, which is Europe's highest June temperature to date.<ref name="H.N.M.S">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="History of Nea Filadelfeia H.N.M.S station">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Highest temperatures recordedEdit
Below a list of the highest temperatures ever recorded in Nea Filadelfeia, Athens.
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Nea Filadelfeia (AWS HNMS) | June 26, 2007 |
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Nea Filadelfeia (AWS HNMS) | July 25, 2007 |
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Nea Filadelfeia (SYNOPTIC HNMS) | June 26, 2007 |
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Nea Filadelfeia (AWS HNMS) | July 2, 2017 |
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Nea Filadelfeia (AWS HNMS) | July 23, 2023 |
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Nea Filadelfeia (AWS HNMS) | August 3, 2021 |
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Nea Filadelfeia (AWS HNMS) | June 27, 2007 |
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Nea Filadelfeia (SYNOPTIC HNMS) | July 25, 2007 |
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Nea Filadelfeia (SYNOPTIC HNMS) | July 7, 1988 |
Notable peopleEdit
- Elena Nathanael, Greek actress
- Ange Postecoglou, former coach of the Australian national football team and current head coach of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
GalleryEdit
- Nea Filadelfia Lavriou street.JPG
Lavriou street
- Nea Filadelfia cooperative housing.JPG
Typical workers cooperative housing
- Nea Filadelfia lake.JPG
Artificial lake in the park of Nea Filadelfeia
- 020 - Κηφισός μετά τη συμβολή με ρέμα Αχαρνών (Κόκκ.Μύλος) - panoramio.jpg
Kifisos river
- 2011 Dimos Filadelfias-Chalkidonos.png
Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona municipality