Vilia

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Vilia (Greek: Βίλια) is a town and municipality of the Greek prefecture of West Attica in Attica. Vilia is northwest of the road linking the GR-3 (Athens - Thiva) about 3 km west of Oinoi and about 9 km east of Aigosthena / Porto Germeno, it also serves a road to the western part of mount Kithaironas. The area around Vilia are mountainous with Makri Oros (850 m) to the south, mount Kithaironas (1,409 m) to the northwest and Pastra to the northeast. Farmlandas are situated in the valley areas. The ancient Eleutheriae lies to the northeast. Vilia is located northwest of Athens and Elefsina, ENE of Corinth and south of Thiva. The municipality includes villages in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Corinth including the ancient city of Aigosthena. The town of Vília (pop. 1,955 in 2001) is the municipal seat of the Municipality of Vília, which has a land area of 144.851 km² and a total population of 3,215 inhabitants. The municipality's largest other villages are Káto Alepochóri (pop. 412), Aigósthena (320), Psátha (172), and Ágios Nektários (136).

Economy

Agriculture is the main industry of the area around Vilia, businesses dominates Vilia.

Subdivisions

• Agia Paraskevi
• Agios Konstantinos
• Agios Nektarios
• Aigosthena or Porto Germeno
• Ano Alepochori
• Veniza
• Kato Alepochori
• Kryo Pigadi
• Loumpa
• Mytikas
• Profitis Ilias
• Psatha
• Vilia

Nearest places

• Aigosthena, west
• Erythres, north
• Oinoi, east

Historical population

Year	Town population	Change	Municipal population	Density
1981	2,427	-	-	-
1991	1,912	-515/-21.22%	3,412	23.6/km²
2001	1,955	+43/+2.25%	3,215	22.2/km²

Other

Vilia has a few schools, a lyceum or a middle school, a gymnasium or a high school, churches, a post office, banks and squares (plateies).

Notable people

• Ellie Lambeti (1926-1983) actress

External links

• Official website
• West Attica
• Historical references of the town of Vilia
• Vilia (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)
• Map and aerial photos:
• Street map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google or Yahoo! Maps
• Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
• Coordinates:

	North: Plataies and Erythres
West: Alkyonides Gulf (Gulf of Corinth)	Vilia	East: Mandra and Oinoi
	South: Megara and Mandra	Southeast: Mandra

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