Nea Penteli is a suburb in the northeastern 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....

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Penteli

Penteli, Greece

Penteli is a town and a municipality in the North Athens regional unit, Attica, Greece. It belongs to the Athens metropolitan area and Athens' Megalo Daktylo. One of its city halls is located next to the central square. About 80% of the non-urban land consists of Penteliko Mountain...

, of which it is a municipal unit.

Nea Penteli is accessed via GR-1

Greek National Road 1

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/E75

European route E75

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 5 km west near the western part of Kifissia at the Varibobi Interchange and 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...

 (number 6). The suburban community sits on the western slopes of the Penteli

Penteli

Pentéli or Pendeli, , and Vrilissos or Vrilittos , Mendeli in medieval times) is a tall mountain and mountain range situated northeast of Athens and southwest of Marathon. Its elevation is 1,109 m...

 mountains. The Athenian plain lies to the southwest. It is located about 6 and 9 km N of 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...

 (number 6), SE of Thiva and Chalkida, SW of Marathon

Marathon, Greece

Marathon is a town in Greece, the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the heavily outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians. The tumulus or burial mound for the 192 Athenian dead that was erected near the battlefield remains a feature of the coastal plain...

, W 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...

 and N 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...

. Its main streets are divided into two one-way streets linking to Kifissia and the other linking south of Vrilissia.

Historical population

Year	Population
1981	2,723
1991	4,332
2001	6,156

About Nea Penteli

Nea Penteli is an affluent residential area and is known for its fantastic view of Athens. The area used to consist of farmlands that were mainly pastures or groves. Suburban housing arrived in the 1970s and development continued slowly into the 2000s. Nea Penteli has one primary school, a high school, several banks, and a few squares. At the center of the municipality is a small hill named Profitis Ilias, named after the small church constructed on top of it. On the southeastern side of the church is the Neopendelikos soccer field, constructed on top of a small lake. The lake was land-filled between 1970 and 1980. Many of the older citizens of Nea Penteli are quarry workers that came to the area from the islands of Paros and Naxos during the 1950s and 1960s to work in the marble quarries of Penteli.

Nea Penteli was partially affected by a forest fire (see 2007 wildfires in Greece) on August 16, 2007. Several firefighters and helicopters battled the blaze that lasted for hours. Very few properties were damaged. The fire, caused by arson, started during the late afternoon hours in Penteli

Penteli

Pentéli or Pendeli, , and Vrilissos or Vrilittos , Mendeli in medieval times) is a tall mountain and mountain range situated northeast of Athens and southwest of Marathon. Its elevation is 1,109 m...

.

External links

• Cultural Activities department, Πνευματικό Κέντρο
• Public Library of Cultural Activities department, Βιβλιοθήκη Πνευματικού Κέντρου

Northwest: Kifissia Kifissia Kifissia or Kifisia is one of the most expensive northern suburbs of Athens, mainly accessed via Kifissias Avenue, running all the way from central Athens up to Theseos Avenue in the suburb of Nea Erythraia. It has traditionally been home to the major Greek political families...	North: Mount Penteli
West: Melissia Melissia Melissia , is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens, Greece. The origin of the name comes from its beehives. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Penteli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit....	Nea Penteli	East: Penteli Penteli Pentéli or Pendeli, , and Vrilissos or Vrilittos , Mendeli in medieval times) is a tall mountain and mountain range situated northeast of Athens and southwest of Marathon. Its elevation is 1,109 m...
Southwest: Vrilissia	South: Vrilissia Vrilissia Vrilissia is a mildly urbanized northeastern suburb and a municipality of the North Athens regional unit, in the Attica region. It is located at the southwestern accessible foot of the Penteli Mountain, from which it was named after as the ancient name of the mountain was Vrilissos...