Agios Ioannis Rentis

Statistics
Prefecture:	Attica
Metropolitan Area:	Athens
Location:
Area: -Total -Water -Rank	-5 km²
Population: (2001)  - Total  - Density¹  - Rank	26,803  -2,843.6/km²
Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:	about 50 m 10 m(centre) around 50 m
Postal code:	182
Area/distance code:	11-30-210 (030-210) -480 thru 489
Municipal code:	4001
Car designation:	Y (prev.) Z pres.
3-letter abbreviation:	AIR (Agios Ioannis Rentis)
Address of administration:	8 Bichaki St. Agios Ioannis Rentis 182 33
Website:	www.dimostavrou.gr (in Greek)

Agios Ioannis Rentis, Agios Ioannis Rendis, Agios Ioannis Redis, Ayios Ioannis Rentis, Ayios Ioannis Rendis, Ayios Ioannis Redis, (Greek: Άγιος Ιωάννης Ρέντης, first part meaning Saint John), older forms Aghios Ioannis Rentis, Aghios Ioannis Rendis, is a suburb in the southwestern part of Athens, Greece. It is located S of Athinon Avenue, about 6 km W of Athens, N of Poseidonos Avenue and NE of Piraeus. The main streets are Kifissou Avenue which is now a superhighway which is also GR-1/E75 for northbound and GR-89 for the southbound lanes and Petrou Ralli Avenue to the north. Also Thivon Avenue runs to the west. The railway line of OSE runs in the southern part.

The area was made up of farmlands and some forests dominated the northern part of the area. The forests are in the squares and used to align with Kifissou Avenue which is now cut down and became a superhighway. In the 1930s and the 1920s, urban development and industrial buildings in the north and east which is part of the Athens Industrial Area replaced much of the farmlands. Today, much of the municipality are industrialized while the urban residential are to the west.

The area is mainly made up of urban areas to the west and the industrial area to the north and the east awas from the Cephissus . A park area with forests lie to the north.

Agios Ioannis Rentis has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a train station, a sports centre, cinemas, post offices and squares (plateies).

The Olympiakos FC used to train in this area.

Contents

1 Sites of Interests 2 Historical population 3 External links 4 See also:

Sites of Interests

• A multiplex park
• 88.3 Village FM , a radio station, website: http://www.883villagefm.com/en/
• Makro Cash and Carrk Wholesale S.A. , in the Athens Industrial Area
• Perla Greek Salt, Ltd.

Historical population

Year	Municipal population	Change	Density
1981	16,276	-	3,255.2/km²
1991	14,218	-2,058/-12.64%	2,843.6/km²

External links

	North: Aigaleo
West: Tavros	Agios Ioannis Rentis	East: Athens
Southwest: Piraeus	South: Piraeus and Moschato	Southeast: Moschato

See also:

• List of municipalities of Attica