# Ilioupoli

Ilioupoli (Greek: Ηλιούπολη, lit. "Sun City") is a suburban municipality and a town in Central Athens regional unit and located in the central-southern part of the Athens agglomeration. Its name is the modern form of the ancient name of Heliopolis in Egypt. Development of Ilioupoli started around 1924, when Greek refugees from Asia Minor settled there.

## Geography

Ilioupoli is 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Athens city centre. The municipality has an area of 12.724 km$^2$. It lies at the western foot of the forested Hymettus mountain, which covers the eastern half of the municipality. Its built-up area is continuous with those of neighbouring suburbs Ymittos, Agios Dimitrios, Alimos and Argyroupoli. The main thoroughfares are Vouliagmenis Avenue, which connects Ilioupoli with central Athens, and Venizelou Avenue, which connects with the A62 Hymettus Ring Road (formerly the A64 until 2024). Ilioupoli metro station is served by Line 2 of the Athens Metro. Ilioupoli is also linked by bus to downtown Athens (OASA 237 line), to Glyfada (OASA 140 line) and Piraeus (OASA 218 line).
Ilioupoli is subdivided into 11 quarters: Agia Marina, Agia Mavra, Agia Paraskevi, Agios Konstantinos-Kanaria, Ano Ilioupoli, Astynomika-Panorama, Kato Ilioupoli, Kentro, Nisaki, Typografika and Chalikaki. Ilioupoli has an uncommon street plan, characterised by 5 sets of concentric circular or oval streets.

## Climate

Ilioupoli has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa). Ilioupoli experiences hot, dry summers and mild, wetter winters.
Climate data for Ilioupoli (1971-2000 modelled normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.48 (54.46) | 13.00 (55.40) | 15.34 (59.61) | 19.89 (67.80) | 25.53 (77.95) | 32.43 (90.37) | 32.15 (89.87) | 31.96 (89.53) | 28.75 (83.75) | 23.23 (73.81) | 17.59 (63.66) | 13.82 (56.88) | 22.08 (71.74) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.84 (47.91) | 9.21 (48.58) | 11.19 (52.14) | 15.26 (59.47) | 20.59 (69.06) | 25.72 (78.30) | 27.58 (81.64) | 27.24 (81.03) | 23.60 (74.48) | 18.56 (65.41) | 13.84 (56.91) | 10.75 (51.35) | 17.70 (63.86) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.34 (41.61) | 5.47 (41.85) | 6.61 (43.90) | 9.61 (49.30) | 13.86 (56.95) | 18.34 (65.01) | 21.06 (69.91) | 20.87 (69.57) | 17.84 (64.11) | 13.25 (55.85) | 10.34 (50.61) | 8.68 (47.62) | 12.61 (54.69) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 44.51 (1.75) | 43.54 (1.71) | 50.20 (1.98) | 31.88 (1.26) | 18.66 (0.73) | 8.26 (0.33) | 8.89 (0.35) | 10.06 (0.40) | 9.66 (0.38) | 40.85 (1.61) | 60.50 (2.38) | 62.75 (2.47) | 389.76 (15.34) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 126.28 | 139.23 | 175.54 | 219.10 | 275.89 | 328.95 | 344.30 | 322.96 | 261.32 | 196.50 | 127.61 | 100.30 | 2,605.5 |
| Source: Hellenic National Meteorological Service ||||||||||||||

## Current Weather (2021)

Weather records for 2021 in Ilioupoli (as of 1 November 2021) are given below:
Climate data for Ilioupoli (2021 normals as of 1 November 2021, altitude 171m asl) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.1 (68.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 33.6 (92.5) | 37.9 (100.2) | 39.5 (103.1) | 41.4 (106.5) | 35.2 (95.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | — | — | 41.4 (106.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) | 15.4 (59.7) | 15.6 (60.1) | 19.6 (67.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 29.5 (85.1) | 33.9 (93.0) | 34.0 (93.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 21.1 (70.0) | — | — | — |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) | 12.1 (53.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 15.9 (60.6) | 22.4 (72.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.8 (85.6) | 24.3 (75.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | — | — | — |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) | 9.5 (49.1) | 9.3 (48.7) | 12.6 (54.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.6 (79.9) | 21.3 (70.3) | 15.7 (60.3) | — | — | — |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) | −1.2 (29.8) | 3.4 (38.1) | 6.3 (43.3) | 15.2 (59.4) | 15.4 (59.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.7 (74.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 12.2 (54.0) | — | — | −1.2 (29.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 40.2 (1.58) | 10.6 (0.42) | 7.4 (0.29) | 18.0 (0.71) | 0.0 (0.0) | 22.2 (0.87) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 128.2 (5.05) | — | — | — |
| Source: National Observatory of Athens ||||||||||||||

## Historical population

| Year | Population |
| 1981 | 69,560 |
| 1991 | 75,037 |
| 2001 | 75,904 |
| 2011 | 78,153 |
| 2021 | 76,730 |

## Landmarks

* Anapsiktirio "Demetrios Kintis"
* Plateia Iroon (Iroon Square)
* Koimisi tis Theotokou Church
* Kentriki Plateia (Central Square or Hethnikis Antistaseos Square)
* The Stouggaris Building (Sophia the fox, big one)
* Plateia Kanaria (Kanaria Square)
* Plateia Flemingk (Fleming Square)
* Chalikaki Athletics Stadium

## Sports

Ilioupoli is the seat of the clubs Charavgiakos F.C., club founded in 1949 and Ilioupoli F.C., club founded in 1953.
Sport clubs based in Ilioupoli :
| Club | Founded | Sports | Achievements |
| Charavgiakos F.C. | 1949 | Football, Basketball | Earlier presence in Beta Ethniki, in football |
| GS Ilioupoli | 1953 | Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Water Polo, Judo, Athletics and other sports | Earlier presence in Beta Ethniki in football, presence in A1 Ethniki in Women's Volleyball and Men's Water Polo |

## International relations

* Heliopolis (Cairo), Egypt
* Iași, Romania
* Larnaca, Cyprus
* Novi Sad, Serbia (1994)