Voula is a municipality in the Southern part of Athens, capital of Greece. The name Voula (Greek: Βούλα), translates literally to something like a "spot". Voula is a suburban town in southern Attica, and the second southernmost municipality in the Megalo Daktylio (Greater Ring [of Athens]).
It is located approximately, 20 km South of Athens center, SW of the Eleftherios
Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62),
NW of Cape Sounio and South of the Hymettus mountain. Voula is linked by
road with Posidonos Avenue (GR-91) at the West, has the Southern end of Periphery: Attica
Prefecture: East Attica
Population: 31,078
Postal: 166 73
Telephone: 210 Vouliagmenis Avenue to the center of Athens, and the Western end of the
Varis-Koropiou Avenue to the Airport. The Northern part is linked with
Public Transport by the Terminal station of Athens Tram to Athens. An
organized beach lies to the West and one of the largest Athens hospitals,
"Asklipieio", lies to the North.
The name of the municipality, ("Voula" - Spot), has been suggested to derive oddly from the 60s, when in order to reach "Vouliagmeni" you needed first to pass from Voula, and were spotted. The population was rural until the 1960s, at which time suburban housing began to emerge, and Voula later came to form part of the Athens Metropolitan Area. It is now a suburban residential area, characterised by high real estate prices and its proximity to the commercial area of Glyfada, at the southern end of the Athens Prefecture. It also borders the municipalities of Vari and Vouliagmeni. It is the most densely populated municipality in the East Attica Prefecture, at 2,905.7 persons/km² (2001 census population of 25,532).
In the 1980s, Vouliagmenis Avenue began extension from north of Voula, intersecting the road to Vari and Paiania. By the 2000s, in time for the Athens Olympic Games, the eastern half of the road linking to Paiania and the airport was widened, with two more lanes.
Events
Mayor Voula
ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣ ΚΑΠΕΤΑΝΕΑΣ
Δήμαρχος Βούλας
Town Hall Voula
ΔΗΜΟΣ ΒΟΥΛΑΣ
- Website www.vvv.gov.gr
- Mayor Panagiótis Kapetanéas
- Location Leoforos Konstantinos Karamanlis 18, 16 673
- Telephone 213 2030470
Local City Links:
- Citizen Service Center (KEP): Plateia Lochagou Michalaki
Tel - 210 6630312 - Police Department: Markou Spyrou 3
Tel - 210 6632771 - Post Office: Vasileou Pavlou 150
Tel - 210 6632786 - Post Office: Venizelos Airport
Tel - 210 3530561 - Vasileos Pavlou & Fleming
Tel - 210 6632200-222
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/
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