Zografou

For other uses, see Zografou (disambiguation).

Zografou Ζωγράφου
Zografou
Location within the region
Coordinates:
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Regional unit	Central Athens
Area
• Municipality	8.517 km2 (3.288 sq mi)
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Population (2011)
• Municipality	71,126
• Municipality density	8,400/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
Community
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	157 xx
Area code(s)	210
Vehicle registration	Z
Website	www.zografou.gov.gr

Zografou (Greek: Ζωγράφου) is a suburb in the eastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It was named after the Greek politician Ioannis Zografos.

Geography

Zografou is an inner suburb of Athens, located about 4 km east of Athens city centre. Towards the east the municipality extends to the forested Hymettus mountain. The built-up area of Zografou is continuous with that of Athens. A large campus of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is situated in Ano Ilisia, the easternmost quarter of Zografou. Ano Ilisia derived its name from the river Ilisos, which starts at St Eleousa, now in the University campus. Another quarter of Zografou is Goudi, in the northwestern part of the municipality. The main church of Zografou is consecrated to Agios Therapontas (Greek: Άγιος Θεράποντας).

Transport

Zografou is served by bus lines 140 (Polygono - Glyfada), 220 (Ano Ilisia - Akadimia), 221 (Panepistimioupoli - Akadimia), 230 (Akropoli - Zografou), 235 (Zografou - Akadimia), 250 (Panepistimioupoli - Evangelismos station), 608 (Galatsi - Akadimia - Nekr. Zografou), 622 (Goudi - Ano Galatsi) and 815 (Goudi - Tavros). The eastern beltway Motorway 64 passes through the municipality.

History

After the departure of the Ottomans from the area in the 1830s, the area came into the ownership of Ioannis Koniaris, mayor of Athens from 1851–1854, and Leonidas Vournazos.

In 1902, Eleni Vournazos, widow of Leonidas, sells 1,250 stremma of the Kouponia/Goudi area to Ioannis Zografos (d. 1927), a Member of Parliament for the Nationalist Party and university professor. Dividing it into plots, he sold them for installments of 112 drachma per month. The first houses were erected in 1919. Within ten years, 100 had been built. At this time, the foundations of the Church of St. Theraponta were erected.

In 1929, the area, now known as Zografou, was split from the city of Athens and became an independent community. It was elevated to a municipality in 1947. its first president being Sotirios Zografos, the son of Ioannis. In 1935, the area of Kouponia (now Ano Ilisia) was incorporated into the community.

Scientific Centers, Museums and others

• Dimitri Kitsikis Public Foundation"
• Gounaropoulos Museum, dedicated to the works of painter Giorgios Gounaropoulos. It was founded in 1979.
• Marika Kotopouli Museum, a museum of modern art, founded in 1990 and housed in the 1926 villa of actress Marika Kotopouli

Sports

Zografou hosts the local sport teams Asteras Zografou, football club founded in 1965 and Filathlitikos B.C., basketball club founded in 1986. In addition, the sport club Ilisiakos, founded in 1927, is based in Ilisia a district that is shared between Athens and Zografou.

Sport clubs based in Zografou
Club	Founded	Sports	Achievements
Asteras Zografou	1965	Football	Earlier presence in Beta Ethniki
Filathlitikos B.C.	1986	Basketball	Earlier presence in A2 Ethniki basketball

Historical population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	84,548	—
1991	80,492	−4.8%
2001	76,115	−5.4%
2011	71,026	−6.7%

Notable people

• Dimitri Kitsikis (1935- ) Royal Society of Canada
• Nikos Kourkoulos (1934–2007) actor
• Marika Kotopouli (1887-1954) actress

Gallery

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  Odos Papagou in Zografou

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  Church of St. Thomas

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  Church of St. Therapont

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  Villa Zografou

See also

• List of municipalities of Attica

External links

• City of Zografou official website (Greek)
• News site for City of Zografou (Greek)