Nea Filadelfeia

Nea Filadelfeia is a suburb of Athens, located north of the city centre. Its built-up area is continuous with the municipality of Athens and the surrounding suburbs Nea Chalkidona, Agioi Anargyroi, Acharnes, Metamorfosi and Nea Ionia. The A1 motorway (Athens - Thessaloniki) and Greek National Road 1 pass through the town. The main throughfare off the town is Dekelias Avenue, which runs from Nea Chalkidona all the way to the border with Metamorfosi Nea Filadelfeia has a large park, Alsos Neas Filadelfias, which covers . The park formerly hosted a zoo which operated since 1955 to 1995. Nea Filadelfeia is located at the geographical center of the Attica peninsula, around 13 km from the sea. ==Education==

Nea Filadelfeia has 9 primary schools, 4 secondary schools (one of them is athletic type) and 3 high schools. Among them is the 3rd High School of Nea Filadelfia "Miltos Kountouras". ==Sports==

Nea Filadelfeia is the historical home of AEK, a major Greek Multi-Sports Club established in 1924 in Nea Filadelfeia. It is also the home of Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia. The now demolished Nikos Goumas Stadium was the home ground of AEK Athens F.C. from 1930 to 2003, while the Agia Sophia Stadium is the new home ground since 2022. The Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia sports club is renowned in Greece and abroad for its handball, volleyball and basketball achievements. Nea Filadelfeia is also the birthplace of the Greek-Australian football coach Ange Postecoglou. ==Historical population==

Nea Filadelfeia has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). The area is notorious in Greece for its summer heat; according to the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) it registers Greece's highest mean maximum summer temperatures for the period 1955-1997. On 26 June 2007, during the 2007 European heat wave, Nea Filadelfeia recorded while, on the same day, the nearby automatic HNMS weather station recorded , which is Europe's highest June temperature to date. {{Weather box Highest temperatures recorded Below a list of the highest temperatures ever recorded in Nea Filadelfeia, Athens. == Notable people ==

• Elena Nathanael, Greek actress • Ange Postecoglou, former coach of the Australian national football team and former head coach of Celtic F.C., Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Nottingham Forest F.C. ==Gallery==

File:Nea Filadelfia Lavriou street.JPG|Lavriou street File:Nea Filadelfia cooperative housing.JPG|Typical workers cooperative housing File:Nea Filadelfia lake.JPG|Artificial lake in the park of Nea Filadelfeia File:020 - Κηφισός μετά τη συμβολή με ρέμα Αχαρνών (Κόκκ.Μύλος) - panoramio.jpg|Kifisos river File:2011 Dimos Filadelfias-Chalkidonos.png|Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona municipality ==See also==