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Melissia

Melissia is a town and a suburb in the northeastern part of the , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
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  • Type: Suburb with 15,600 residents
  • Description: suburb of Athens, Greece
  • Address: Μελίσσια, 15127
  • Postal code: 15127

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sismanogleio General Hospital and Analipseos Square.

Hospital
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
in , is one of the largest public in . Its name in Katharevousa is Sismanogleion. During the 2009 swine flu pandemic Seismanogleion treated the first swine flu patient in Greece.

Square
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Work of art
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is a work of art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vrilissia and Nea Penteli.

Suburb
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is a suburban town and a municipality of the North Athens regional unit, in the region. It is located in the Athens basin, at the southwestern foot of the Mountain. At the 2021 census, the municipality had 32,417 residents.

Suburb
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is a small municipal unit - village in the northeastern part of the agglomeration, . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit.

Suburb
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is a village and a municipality in the North Athens regional unit, , . Belonging to the rural area, it takes its name from .

Melissia

Latitude
38.04919° or 38° 2′ 57″ north
Longitude
23.83527° or 23° 50′ 7″ east
Population
15,600
Elevation
273 metres (896 feet)
Open location code
8GC52RXP+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 612253156
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
257302
Wiki­data ID
Q2338797
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Melissia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميليسيا”
  • Bulgarian: “Мелисиа”
  • Bulgarian: “Мелисия”
  • Cebuano: “Melíssia”
  • Dutch: “Melissia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميليسيا”
  • Finnish: “Melíssia”
  • French: “Melissia”
  • French: “Melíssia”
  • German: “Melissia”
  • Greek: “Μελίσσια Αττικής”
  • Greek: “Μελίσσια”
  • Hungarian: “Melíszia”
  • Irish: “Melissia”
  • Italian: “Melissia”
  • Japanese: “マルーシ”
  • Japanese: “メリシァ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melissia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melíssia”
  • Persian: “ملیسیا”
  • Polish: “Melisia”
  • Polish: “Melisja”
  • Polish: “Melissia”
  • Romanian: “Melissia”
  • Russian: “Мелисия”
  • Russian: “Мелиссия”
  • Scots: “Melissia”
  • Swedish: “Melíssia”
  • Turkish: “Melissia”
  • Ukrainian: “Меліссія”
  • Urdu: “میلیسیا”

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