PAPAGOU

'Papagou', uncommonly 'Papagos' or 'Pappagos' (Greek: Παπάγου) is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens, Greece. The city is named after Marshal Alexandros Papagos, a Greek Army General who served in the Second World War. It is located W of Attiki Odos (number 65) which is also known as the Hymettus Ring which opened in 2004 with interchanges to the northeast and the southeast at Katechaki. It is located W of Rafina, NW of Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, NE of Athens and Vouliagmenis Avenue and S of Kifissia and its northern suburbs. Papagou is accessed with the main roads of Katechaki Street with another main road linking to Olaf Palme Street in the south in Zografou and Mesogeios Avenue in Neo Psychiko to the west.
The local flag color is white with a blue cross that is a little extended with a red line. The golden-bronze bird-like statue-like thing is in the middle and the seal is in the top left.
The area was made up of farmlands to the west and the rocky areas of the Hymettus. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands in the 1950s and up to around the 1970s or the 1980s. Today, from the western and to the east-central part of the municipality are urbanized while the businesses are within its main roads of Katechaki Avenue in Zografou and Mesogeios Avenue (Gr-54 eastbound) to the east. Many of the trees are aligned with the streets and in squares. In 1998, the Hymettus Ring which is part of the Attiki Odos private superhighway system began construction with an interchange to the northeast along with a road with Agia Paraskevi. The hospital is located to the south in Zografou.
Many of the residential streets have cul-de-sacs, and are mainly named after local famous people. Forests and parks are in three parts of Papagou. They are in the southern , the central and in the northern parts. A landfill of Athens is situated further east which takes the central and the southern part of the Athens area's rubbish into this landfill. The area is about 200,000 to 250,000 square metres. The landfill has been in use since the mid to late 20th century.
Papagou has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a post office and squares (''plateies'').

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Sites of interest

Historical population

See also

External links

Sites of interest

★ Stadium of Papagou's basketball/soccer team, AS Papagou

★ Stadium of Papagou's basketball team, Olympias Papagou, Website

Historical population

Year	Municipal population	Change	Density
1981	12,553	-	about 2,510.6/km²
1991	13,974	556/4.85%	about 2,794.8/km²

See also

★ List of municipalities of Attica

External links

★ Mapquest - Papagou

★ Flag of Papagou

★ Papagou Athletics (in Greek)

'Northwest:' Neo Psychiko	'North:' Cholargos
'West:' Athens	'Papagou'	'East:' Cholargos
	'South:' Zografou