Pallini

Municipality in Greece

Pallini Παλλήνη
Municipality
Pallini city
38°0′N 23°53′E / 38.000°N 23.883°E / 38.000; 23.883
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Regional unit	East Attica
Area
• Municipality	29.43 km² (11.36 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	18.93 km² (7.31 sq mi)
Elevation	150 m (490 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipality	59,459
• Density	2,000/km² (5,200/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	23,445
• Municipal unit density	1,200/km² (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	153 xx
Area code(s)	210
Website	www.palini.gr

Pallini (Greek: Παλλήνη) is a suburban town in Greater Athens Area and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Gerakas.^[2] It is the seat of administration of the East Attica regional unit.

Geography

Pallini is situated in the eastern part of the Athens conurbation, at about 150 m elevation. It lies in a plain between the mountains Penteliko and Hymettus. It is 2 km east of Gerakas and 14 km east of Athens city centre. Its built-up area is continuous with those of the neighbouring suburbs Gerakas and Anthousa. Pallini station, west of the town centre, is served by commuter trains and Athens metro. Greek National Road 54 (Athens - Rafina) passes through Pallini. The municipal unit Pallini includes the subdivision of Leontari.

Municipality

The municipality Pallini was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

Anthousa
Gerakas
Pallini

The municipality has an area of 29.430 km², the municipal unit 18.932 km².^[3]

Historical population

Year	Town	Municipal unit	Municipality
1981	5,475	-	-
1991	8,021	10,908	-
2001	12,552	16,679	-
2011	16,415	22,344	54,415
2021	17,371	23,445	59,459

Notable people

Dimitri Nanopoulos (1948-), physicist
Katerina Stefanidi (1990-), Olympic gold medalist in the women's pole vault

Gallery

Dormition of Theotokos church
Eleftherias Square
The City Hall
St Tryfonas church
Kantza sports center
Church in Kantza (Leontari) suburb
Park
Anthousa Square

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.