Dionysos, Greece 5.46

Dionysos is a town and a municipality in northeastern Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Agios Stefanos.GeographyDionysos is situated on the northeastern slopes of the forested Penteliko Mountains. It is 5 km south of Agios Stefanos, 9 km west of Nea Makri, on the Aegean Sea coast, and 18 km northeast of Athens city centre. Its built-up area is continuous with those of the neighbouring suburbs Drosia and Rodopoli to the northwest. Even though the town is located only 20 Kilometres away from central Athens, it has a completely different climate, with weather being significantly cooler, including frequent snowfall during the winter.Motorway 1 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) and the railway from Athens to Thessaloniki pass through the western part of the municipality, near Agios Stefanos. There is a railway station at Agios Stefanos. Dionysos is connected to Kifisia by the 536 Dionysos-Kifisia bus service.MunicipalityThe municipality Dionysos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 7 former municipalities, that became municipal units: Agios StefanosAnoixiDionysosDrosiaKryoneriRodopoliStamata The municipality has an area of 69.360 km2, the municipal unit 21.410 km2.