Agios Dimitrios

Agios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος meaning Saint Dimitrios, before 1928: Μπραχάμι - Brahami^[3]) is a town in Attica, Greece, and a suburb in the southern part of the Athens agglomeration.

Key Information

Aghios Dimitrios Άγιος Δημήτριος
Municipality
Aghios Dimitrios Location within the region
Coordinates: 37°56′N 23°44′E / 37.933°N 23.733°E / 37.933; 23.733
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Regional unit	South Athens
Government
• Mayor	Stelios Mamalakis[1] (since 2023)
Area
• Municipality	4.949 km2 (1.911 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	71,664
• Density	14,000/km2 (38,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	173 xx, 17236
Area code(s)	210
Vehicle registration	Z
Website	www.dad.gr
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Agios Dimitrios is situated 5 km south of Athens city centre, and 4 km from the Saronic Gulf coast. The municipality has an area of 4.949 km².^[4] Vouliagmenis Avenue connects it with central Athens and the southern suburbs. The suburb is connected with Line 2 of the Athens Metro through Agios Dimitrios metro station.

Agios Dimitrios has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa), bordering on a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh). Agios Dimitrios experiences hot, dry summers and mild, wetter winters.

The settlement developed around the church of Saint Dimitrios was the original web of the village of Brahami during the interwar period.

In the Turkish occupation, but also after the liberation, all Alimos, and not only, was a vast estate. The beginning was at St. John at Kareas and extended to Kavouri. The area, including the agricultural village, belonged to Braham Pasha - by which Agios Dimitrios is also called Brahami - and to Hassan Pasha, from which came the name Hassani. All this property was divided into parcels, which the municipality of Athens, to which it belonged, donated or sold. This resulted in the creation of various settlements.

The Community of Brahami was founded in 1925. Until then the village of Brahami belonged to the municipality of Athens. By Decree of 1925, Brahami was administered autonomously by the Athenian municipality and was a community comprising the settlements of Brahami, Agia Varvara, Katsipodi (Dafni today), Pikrodafni and Agios Kosmas. In 1928 the community was renamed Agios Dimitrios. It was converted into a municipality of Agios Dimitrios, which was based in Daphne in 1942.

In 1947, with the Decree issued on September 5, 1947, the settlement of Agios Dimitrios was seized by the Municipality of Dafni and formed into a separate homonymous community, which included exclusively Brahami. The final adjustment was made in 1963, when the then Home Secretary G. Rallis on 15 March approved the conversion of the Community of Agios Dimitrios into a homonymous municipality, as it is today.

The most important clubs based in Agios Dimitrios is the football club Agios Dimitrios F.C., Thyella Agiou Dimitriou and the basketball club Cronus Agios Dimitrios.

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