Ilion

• Name — Ilion • Native Name — Ίλιον • Type — municipality • Image Map — 2011 Dimos Iliou.png • Periph — Attica • Periphunit — West Athens • Pop Municipality — 84004 • Area Municipality — 9.453 • Population As Of — 2021 • Elevation M — 150 • Postal Code — 131 xx, 133 xx • Area Code — 210 • Licence — IB • Website — www.ilion.gr • Mayor — Andriana Alevizou • Since — 2023 Ilion (before 1994: Νέα Λιόσια, Nea Liosia) is a town and a suburb in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece.

Ilion lies southeast of Mount Aigaleo, 6 km northwest of Athens. The municipal town has an area of 9.453 km 2. Neighbouring municipalities and towns are Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero to the north and east, Petroupoli to the northwest, and Peristeri to the south. The main streets are Fylis Avenue, Thivon Avenue, Idomeneos Street, and Protesilaou Street.

• National Sports Center of Nea Liosia • Antonis Tritsis Metropolitan Park • Forklore Museum • Cultural Center • Mikis Theodorakis Multipurpose Center for Cultural, Sports, and Social Activities

• Year — Population • 1951 — 5,460 • 1961 — 31,810 • 1971 — 56,127 • 1981 — 72,427 • 1991 — 78,326 • 2001 — 80,859 • 2011 — 84,793 • 2021 — 84,004

Ilion hosts many athletic clubs in several sports. Μost of them play in the amateur divisions. Presence or earlier presence in the higher divisions in their sport have the clubs Olympiakos Nea Liosia F.C. and Enosi Iliou. • Notable sport clubs based in Ilion • Club — Founded — Sports — Achievements • Olympiakos Nea Liosia — 1952 — Football — Earlier presence in Beta Ethniki • Enosi Iliou — 2002 — Basketball — Presence in Beta Ethniki, basketball

Ilion, Greece is twinned with: • Corigliano d'Otranto, Italy • Tulcea, Romania • Armilla, Spain • Jericho, Palestine