Nea Smyrni

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Nea Smyrni or Nea Smirni (Greek: Νέα Σμύρνη, New Smyrna) is a suburb south of Athens, Greece. Nea Smyrni is located about 5 km SW of downtown Athens, about 5 km SW of Kifissias Avenue, W of Vouliagmenis Avenue, about 6 km E of Piraeus, and NE of Poseidonos Avenue.

The area was once partly made up of farmlands, with woods dominating the landscape, and its mixed farming included pastures, vegetables, and groves ; forests lay to the east. In 1922, a number of refugees principally from Smyrna, (today's İzmir), arrived and settled in the southwestern part of Athens, which became Nea Smyrni. Many of its inhabitants, including the soccer team of Panionios, moved here from Smyrna, transforming the plain into an urban area.

The district is mainly made up of residential areas with a few business areas particularly on Syngrou Avenue. Its two main streets have been linked since 1995 with interchanges and the roads connecting with Hymittos Street and Syngrou Avenue to the north. The Athens Industrial Area lies to the north.

Nea Smyrni has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, post offices and squares (plateies).

Sporting Teams

Panionios NFC plays in the Super League Greece

Sites of Interest

Nea Smyrni Stadium, built in 1939, renovated in 1988. The Panionios NFC plays in the stadium, website: http://www.stadiumguide.com/neasmyrni.htm or http://www.stadia.gr/nsmyrni/nsmyrni.html
Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall, holds up to 1,823 persons, website: http://www.stadia.gr/nsmyrni-b/nsmyrni-b.html

Historical population

Year	Population
1928	210
1933	6.500
1940	15.000
1951	22.074
1961	32.865
1971	42.512
1981	67.408
1991	69.749
2001	73.986

It was one of the few cities located close to Athens that saw its population continue to grow. It is also the fourth-most densely populated municipality in Greece (following Neapoli, Kallithea, and Ampelopikoi).

	North: Athens, Dafni
West: Kallithea	Nea Smyrni	East: Agios Dimitrios
	South: Palaio Faliro

Nea Smyrni

Sporting Teams

Sites of Interest

Historical population

See also