Nea Smyrni
Nea Smyrni
Νέα Σμύρνη | |
|---|---|
The Nea Smyrni Estia Hall | |
| Coordinates: 37°57′N 23°43′E / 37.950°N 23.717°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Attica |
| Regional unit | South Athens |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Georgios Koutelakis (since 2023) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 3.524 km2 (1.361 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Municipality | 72,853 |
| • Density | 21,000/km2 (54,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 171 xx |
| Area code(s) | 210 |
| Vehicle registration | Z |
| Website | http://www.neasmyrni.gr/ |
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. 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.