Aspropyrgos

Etymology

The name 'Aspropyrgos' is derived from the Greek words άσπρο, meaning 'white', and πύργος, meaning 'castle' or 'tower'.

Geography

Aspropyrgos is located 15 km northwest of the city center of Athens in the Thriasio Plain. It is 5 km northeast of Elefsina, near the Saronic Gulf coast. Mount Parnitha forms its northern border, and the Aigaleo hills its southeastern border. The Elefsina Military Airbase lies to its west. The main street is Dimokratias ('Democracy') Avenue. Aspropyrgos can be accessed from the A6 motorway (Elefsina - Athens International Airport) and the A65 motorway (Ano Liosia - Aspropyrgos). It is also accessible through A6 exit 4. (The industrial area is in the southeastern part of Aspropyrgos. The Aspropyrgos railway station is served by Proastiakos trains from the Athens International Airport to Kiato (Peloponnese).

Climate

Aspropyrgos has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh) closely bordering a hot-summer mediterranean (Csa) climate, with mild winters and hot summers. Owing to its location in the Thriasio Plain the area is particularly vulnerable to high temperatures and has experienced some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in Greece and Continental Europe. In June 2007 the meteorological station of the Aspropyrgos Municipality located in the Germanika area of Aspropyrgos registered 47.5 °C which is Europe's highest June temperature to date. Also, in June 2017, July 2017 and August 2021, Aspropyrgos recorded temperatures of around 45 °C. In August 2025 a new meteorological station from the National Observatory of Athens was placed in the Aspropyrgos coast.

| Jan record high C = 23.7 | Feb record high C = 23.6 | Mar record high C = 25.7 | Apr record high C = 31.2 | May record high C = 37.7 | Jun record high C = 44.6 | Jul record high C = 44.9 | Aug record high C = 44.8 | Sep record high C = 40.8 | Oct record high C = 32.7 | Nov record high C = 28.3 | Dec record high C = 22.4 | Jan record low C = -2.5 | Feb record low C = -1.1 | Mar record low C = -0.1 | Apr record low C = 4.3 | May record low C = 11.5 | Jun record low C = 14.3 | Jul record low C = 18.2 | Aug record low C = 19.9 | Sep record low C = 13.9 | Oct record low C = 8.2 | Nov record low C = 4.4 | Dec record low C = 0.3

| Jan record high C = 20.8 | Feb record high C = 18.4 | Mar record high C = 25.7 | Apr record high C = 30.6 | May record high C = 30.8 | Jun record high C = 42.2 | Jul record high C = 44.0 | Aug record high C = 42.4 | Sep record high C = 38.1 | Oct record high C = 31.0 | Nov record high C = 23.4 | Dec record high C = 20.8 | Jan record low C = 2.3 | Feb record low C = -1.9 | Mar record low C = 0.1 | Apr record low C = 1.1 | May record low C = 11.5 | Jun record low C = 14.7 | Jul record low C = 19.3 | Aug record low C = 19.0 | Sep record low C = 14.0 | Oct record low C = 10.4 | Nov record low C = 1.1 | Dec record low C = 2.7

Industry

Aspropyrgos consists of a residential downtown area and an industrial area where a number of storage warehouses, metal recycling facilities, logistics handlers, wholesalers, small construction companies and other industrial businesses operate. The Aspropyrgos Refinery, south of the city and next to the sea, has been producing oil for many years. It is the largest in Greece (together with the Eleusis refinery), with an annual capacity of 135000 oilbbl/d. As a consequence, pollution has been a problem for years. The refinery includes depots in the southern and eastern parts, and some in the western part and at a dock to the southwest.

Population

Notable people

• Anastasios Karamanos

• Klavdia

• George Koskotas

• Evangelos Liakos

• Pavlos Mamalos

• Kyriakos Michas

References

References

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