Koropi is a suburb in the eastern part of Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. It is the seat of the municipality Kropia

Kropia

Kropia is a municipality in East Attica, Greece. It is located southeast of Athens at the fringes of the Athens metropolitan area, and has a land area of 102.000 km². Its population was 25,325 at the 2001 census. The seat of the municipality is in the town of Koropi . In descending order of...

. The Hymettus

Hymettus

Hymettus, also Hymettos is a mountain range in the Athens area, East Central Greece. It is also colloquially known as Trellos or Trellovouno , a name of uncertain origin...

 mountain is to the west. It has a metro station via subway station

Athens Metro

The Athens Metro is an underground rapid transit system serving Athens, the capital city of Greece. It was constructed and owned by Attiko Metro S.A. and operated until 2011 by Attiko Metro Etaireia Leitourgias S.A....

. It serves access with the Attiki Odos

Attiki Odos

Attiki Odos is a privately owned toll motorway in Greece. The Proastiakos high-speed suburban rail is set almost entirely in the median of the motorway, along its main section. The motorway's numbers are 6 for the main section, 64 for the Hymettus Beltway and 65 for the Aigaleo Beltway...

 (numbers 6), the main section was served to its east but by March 2004, it now has its own interchange with the Hymettus Ring with Lavriou Avenue. The Attiki Odos runs to the northeast and east while the Hymettus rung runs slightly south of the centre. A tunnel is to its northwest. It is located SE of GR-1/E75 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

), E and SE of Kifissia Avenue, SW of Rafina

Rafina

Rafina is a town located on the eastern coast of Attica in Greece. It has a population of 10,701 inhabitants . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rafina-Pikermi, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.-Geography:Rafina lies east of the Penteli mountains and...

, NW of Sounio, 6 km W Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and about 20 km E of downtown Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

. The main streets include Lavrio Avenue, Vari - Koropi Road to the southwest and the Koropi bypass.

Places

• Agia Marina Koropiou
• Agios Dimitrios Koropiou

Koropi is mostly surrounded by vineyards and olive groves. There is an industrial park and a hillside mine to the south.

Attiki Odos runs to the east, with a new, extensive network of roads connecting it to the 2-lane Vari-Koropi Road, the Lavrion and Sounion

Sounion

Cape Sounion is a promontory located SSE of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece.Cape Sounion is noted as the site of ruins of an ancient...

 Avenues near Markopoulo

Markopoulo

Markopoulo may refer to places in Greece:*Markopoulo Mesogaias, a suburban town of Athens*Markopoulo, Elis, a small village in the northern part of the prefecture of Elis*Markopoulo, Kefalonia, a village in the southeastern part of the island of Kefalonia...

, and the Eleftherios Venizelos Airport.

About Koropi

Around 1996 and 1997, a tremendous forest fire burning from the south of Ymittos headed for Koropi, some of its groves were burnt, mostly forests suffered destruction from the fire's fury. The fire was gladly escaped much of the agricultural portion and the city of Koropi.

Economy

Olympic Air

Olympic Air

Olympic Air is the largest Greek airline by destinations served, formed from the privatisation of the former national carrier Olympic Airlines. Olympic Air commenced limited operations on 29 September 2009, after Olympic Airlines ceased all operations, with the official full-scale opening of the...

, owned by Marfin Investment Group

Marfin Investment Group

Marfin Investment Group is a Greek investment company created in 1998 as Marfin Α.Ε.Π.Ε.Υ.. It has acquired several companies and has changed name several times since. In 2001 it acquired Piraeus Prime Bank and was renamed Marfin Bank...

, has its head office in Koropi,

When Athens Airways

Athens Airways

Athens Airways was a Greek regional airline, headquartered in Koropi, Athens. The airline used to connect Alexandroupoli, Athens and Thessaloniki with some Greek islands, as well offering chartered flights...

existed, its head office was in Koropi.