Leontario

Leontario is a suburb in , and has about 4,120 residents. Leontario is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 4,120 residents
  • Description: town in Attica, Greece
  • Also known as: “Leondarion”, “Leontari”, “Leontari, Attica”, “Leontarion”, and “Liontari”
  • Historically known as: “Kambás”, “Kándza”, “Kantza”, and “Kántza”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pallini station and Paiania–Kantza station.

Railway station
Photo: Minoa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pallini is a station located in the median strip of the Attiki Odos motorway west of the suburb of in . This station first opened to Athens Suburban Railway trains on 30 July 2004, with Athens Metro services calling at this station from September 2006.

Railway station
Photo: Minoa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paiania–Kantza is a station located north east of the suburban town of in , . located in the median strip of the Attiki Odos motorway.

Zoo
Photo: ΖῷονΠολιτικόν, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Attica Park, officially , is a private zoo located in the suburb of , approximately 20 kilometres east of , . It is the only zoo in Greece. is situated 3½ km southeast of Leontario.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pallini and Gerakas.

Suburb
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburban town in the Greater Athens Area and a municipality in , . The seat of the municipality is the town . It is the seat of administration of the East Attica regional unit.

Suburb
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is a town, a suburb of and a former municipality in , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.

Suburb
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens Metropolitan Area in , . Since the 2011 local government reform, it belongs to the regional unit and is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 2½ km southwest of Leontario.

Leontario

Latitude
37.99741° or 37° 59′ 51″ north
Longitude
23.87363° or 23° 52′ 25″ east
Population
4,120
Elevation
207 metres (679 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR KAN
Open location code
8G95XVWF+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358795016
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
258508
Wiki­data ID
Q685300
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Leontario” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليونتاريون، أتيكي”
  • Arabic: “ليونتاريون”
  • Asturian: “Leontari”
  • Cebuano: “Leondárion”
  • Dutch: “Leontari”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليونتاريون”
  • Finnish: “Leontário”
  • French: “Leontári”
  • German: “Leondari”
  • German: “Leontarion”
  • German: “Liondari”
  • Greek: “Κάντζα” (historical)
  • Greek: “Καντζάς”
  • Greek: “Κτήμα Κάντζα” (historical)
  • Greek: “Λεοντάρι Αττικής”
  • Greek: “Λεοντάρι”
  • Greek: “Λεοντάριο Παλλήνης”
  • Greek: “Λεοντάριο”
  • Greek: “Λεοντάριον”
  • Greek: “Λιοντάρι”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leondári i Arkadía”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leondári i Aust-Attikí”
  • Pontic: “Καντζάς”
  • Romanian: “Leontari”
  • Russian: “Кандза”
  • Russian: “Канца” (historical)
  • Russian: “Леондарион”
  • Russian: “Лионтари”
  • Swedish: “Leondárion”
  • Turkish: “Kanca”

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