 ::see also athens, illinois and athens (disambiguation) for more places called "athens". new athens is a village in st. clair county, illinois, united states. based upon common usage, the 'a' is always sounded with a long vowel, rather than a short vowel, by its residents, unlike the most commonly used english pronunciation of the city in greece. the population was 1,983 at the 2000 
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