Municipality of Egaleo

Egaleo municipality is one of the largest municipalities within the wider Athens metropolitan area. It lies at the west territory of Athens suburbs along the ancient so-called “Iera Odos” (denoting in Greek language the ”Sacred Route”). The municipality has been named after the mount Egaleo from where the Persian king Xerxes watched the destruction of his fleet by the Greek fleet during the historical sea battle of Salamina. The ancient river Kifissos crosses its territory and a part of the municipality was “Attica Olivefield”, which during the ancient times was the meeting point for discussion of Socrates and Plato.

Nowadays, the municipality has about 120.000 people that live and work there on a service-based economical structure composed mainly out of small-medium enterprises. It is a historical municipality with great perception regarding a sustainable development towards the future.

 
Website: http://www.egaleo.gr/

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Updated 1 September 2008   by LDK