Nea Smyrni

Nea Smyrni
Νέα Σμύρνη
The Nea Smyrni Estia Hall
The Nea Smyrni Estia Hall
Nea Smyrni is located in Greece
Nea Smyrni
Nea Smyrni
Location within the region
Coordinates: 37°57′N 23°43′E / 37.950°N 23.717°E / 37.950; 23.717
CountryGreece
Administrative regionAttica
Regional unitSouth Athens
Government
 • MayorGeorgios Koutelakis[1] (since 2023)
Area
 • Municipality
3.524 km2 (1.361 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality
72,853
 • Density21,000/km2 (54,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
171 xx
Area code(s)210
Vehicle registrationZ
Websitehttp://www.neasmyrni.gr/
The Iosifogleion building, used as a child shelter since the 1930s, at Nea Smyrni

Nea Smyrni (Greek: Νέα Σμύρνη, Néa Smýrni, "New Smyrna") is a municipality and a town in South Athens, Greece. At the 2021 census, it had 72,853 inhabitants.[2] It was named after the former Greek city Smyrna (today's İzmir in Turkey), whence many refugees arrived and settled in the Nea Smyrni area following the 1922 catastrophe of Asia Minor and the Burning of Smyrna which left big parts of the city's christian population massacred by Turkish mobs and military, during the Greco-Turkish war.

  1. ^ Municipality of Nea Smyrni, Municipal elections – October 2023, Ministry of Interior
  2. ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.