Marousi
Sign in to saveMarousi or Maroussi (), also known as Amarousio (), is a city in the northeastern part of the Athens urban area, Greece. Marousi dates back to the era of the ancient Athenian Republic; its ancient name was Athmonon () and it represented one of the 10 Athenian sub-cities. The area held a main ancient temple, where Amarysia Artemis, the goddess of hunting, was adored. Consequently the city's modern name derives from that of the goddess, Amarysia, which denotes the origin of the worship back in Amarynthos, Euboea. Its mayor is Theodoros Ampatzoglou, re-elected in 2023.
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- Locality
- Δήμος Αμαρουσίου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Αττικής
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 72,333
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Marousi
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Amarousiou.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Attica
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- North Athens
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 71830
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 12.938
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 230
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 151 22/23/24/25/26
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 21
- Greek Dimos.licence
- Z
- Greek Dimos.mayor
- Theodoros Ampatzoglou
- Greek Dimos.since
- 2019
- Greek Dimos.website
- maroussi.gr
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Δήμος Αμαρουσίου - Δήμος Αμαρουσίου
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Amarusio Municipality
- Official language
- Greek
- Population
- 12080
- Area
- 12.9
- Elevation
- 230
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Melissia
- Official website
- maroussi.gr
- Image
- Maroussi Central Market.jpg
- Dialing code
- 210
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- topic's main category
- Category:Marousi
- Commons category
- Maroussi
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Maroussi
- postal code
- 151 00–151 99
- category of associated people
- Category:People of Maroussi
- different from
- Amarusio Municipality
- native label
- Μαρούσι
- twinned administrative body
- Niš
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Historical population
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- Notable people
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Marousi or Maroussi (), also known as Amarousio (), is a city in the northeastern part of the Athens urban area, Greece. Marousi dates back to the era of the ancient Athenian Republic; its ancient name was Athmonon () and it represented one of the 10 Athenian sub-cities. The area held a main ancient temple, where Amarysia Artemis, the goddess of hunting, was adored. Consequently the city's modern name derives from that of the goddess, Amarysia, which denotes the origin of the worship back in Amarynthos, Euboea. Its mayor is Theodoros Ampatzoglou, re-elected in 2023.
==Geography==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marousi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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