Melissia
Melissia is a town and a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Penteli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.- Type: Suburb with 15,600 residents
- Description: suburb of Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “Melisja”, “Мелисиа”, and “メリシァ”
- Address: Μελίσσια, 15127
- Postal code: 15127
Places of Interest
Highlights: Duchess of Plakentia Bridge and Sismanogleio General Hospital.
Sismanogleio General Hospital
Hospital
Sismanogleio General Hospital in Vrilissia, Athens is one of the largest public hospitals in Greece.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vrilissia and Nea Penteli.
Penteli
Suburb
Penteli is a village and a municipality in the North Athens regional unit, Attica, Greece.
Melissia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Penteli, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Melissia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميليسيا”
- Bulgarian: “Мелисия”
- Cebuano: “Melíssia”
- Dutch: “Melissia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميليسيا”
- Finnish: “Melíssia”
- French: “Melíssia”
- German: “Melissia”
- Greek: “Μελίσσια Αττικής”
- Greek: “Μελίσσια”
- Hungarian: “Melíszia”
- Irish: “Melissia”
- Italian: “Melissia”
- Japanese: “マルーシ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melíssia”
- Persian: “ملیسیا”
- Polish: “Melisia”
- Polish: “Melissia”
- Romanian: “Melissia”
- Russian: “Мелисия”
- Russian: “Мелиссия”
- Scots: “Melissia”
- Swedish: “Melíssia”
- Turkish: “Melissia”
- Ukrainian: “Меліссія”
- Urdu: “میلیسیا”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Άνω Βριλήσσια and Νέα Λέσβος.
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Highlights: Άλσος Ολυμπιονικών and Ζωοδόχος Πηγή.
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