Pallini () is a suburban town in the Greater Athens Area and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Gerakas. It is the seat of administration of the East Attica regional unit.

Geography

Pallini is situated in the eastern part of the Athens conurbation, at about 150 m elevation. It lies in a plain between the mountains Penteliko and Hymettus. It is 2 km east of Gerakas and 14 km east of Athens city centre. Its built-up area is continuous with those of the neighbouring suburbs Gerakas and Anthousa. Pallini station, west of the town centre, is served by commuter trains and Athens metro. Greek National Road 54 (Athens - Rafina) passes through Pallini. The municipal unit Pallini includes the subdivision of Leontari.

Municipality

thumb|180px|left|Pallini municipality

The municipality Pallini was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

Historical population

{| class=wikitable

! Year !! Town !! Municipal unit !! Municipality

|-

| 1981 || 5,475 || - || -

|-

| 1991 || 8,021 || 10,908 || -

|-

| 2001 || 12,552 || 16,679 || -

|-

| 2011 || 16,415 || 22,344 || 54,415

|-

| 2021 || 17,371 || 23,445 || 59,459

|}

Notable people

  • Dimitri Nanopoulos (1948-), physicist
  • Katerina Stefanidi (1990-), Olympic gold medalist in the women's pole vault

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File:Koimiseos tis Theotokou Church at Pallini.jpg|Dormition of Theotokos church

File:Πλατεία Ελευθερίας Παλλήνη υ Greece.jpg|Eleftherias Square

File:Δημαρχείο Παλλήνης ρ Greece.jpg|The City Hall

File:Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Τρύφωνος Παλλήνης ε Greece.jpg|St Tryfonas church

File:Αθλητικό Κέντρο Κάντζας - panoramio.jpg|Kantza sports center

File:Ιερός Ναός Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου Κάντζας.jpg|Church in Kantza (Leontari) suburb

File:Πάρκο Κάντζας - panoramio - Dimorsitanos.jpg|Park

File:Πλατεία Ανθούσας Αττικής β.jpg|Anthousa Square

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See also

  • List of municipalities of Attica

References

  • Official website
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20050309025919/http://www.de.sch.gr/~anpapad/pallini.htm