Nea Smyrni

Nea Smyrni is a municipality and a southern suburb of Athens, Greece. At the 2011 census, it had 73,076 inhabitants. It was named after the city Smyrna ultra-modern Izmir in Turkey, from in which a huge variety of refugees arrived and settled inside the Nea Smyrni area following the 1922 population change among Greece and Turkey. Although there are not many information about the historical history of the region, in 2012, at some stage in works, historic graves had been unearthed at the side of Agias Sofias Street.

The particular way of burial is referred to as 'burial through the roadside'. These ancient findings have already been unveiled by using public government and are able to be visited. Nea Smyrni started out to be inhabited at the start of the 20th century. Up till that factor, it had now not been inhabited in a systematic manner. At the time, it became intersected through an avenue which linked Athens and Phalerum, the historic port of the city.

After the Asia Minor Disaster, the authorities decided to construct a agreement within the place for the refugees from Smyrni. Construction of this settlement started out in 1926. In 1928, the population became just 210. By 1933, the vicinity had grow to be a real town with a populace of 6,500. By 1940, there have been 15,000 inhabitants. In 1944, with the quit of the struggle, Nea Smyrni have become a municipality.