Anavyssos

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title: "Anavyssos" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-east-attica", "saronikos,-attica", "athens-riviera"] description: "Town in Attica, Greece" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-east-attica" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anavyssos" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Attica, Greece ::

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Field	Value
name	Anavyssos
name_local	Ανάβυσσος
type	municipal unit
image_map	DE Anavyssou.svg
map_caption	Location within the regional unit
periph	Attica
periphunit	East Attica
municipality	Saronikos
pop_municunit	6180
population_as_of	2021
area_municunit	14.478
elevation	15
coordinates
postal_code	190 13
area_code	22910
licence	Z
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| name = Anavyssos | name_local = Ανάβυσσος |type = municipal unit | image_coa = | image_map = DE Anavyssou.svg |map_caption = Location within the regional unit | periph = Attica | periphunit = East Attica |municipality = Saronikos | pop_municunit = 6180 | population_as_of = 2021 | area_municunit = 14.478 | elevation = 15 | coordinates = | postal_code = 190 13 | area_code = 22910 | licence = Z | website = | image_skyline = | caption_skyline = | city_flag = | city_seal = | districts =

Anavyssos () is a town and a former municipality in East Attica, Greece, located in the Athens Riviera. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Saronikos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 14.478 km2. At the 2021 census it had 6,180 inhabitants.

It is situated near the Saronic Gulf coast, at the foot of Olympos hill (487 m). It is 2 km north of Palaia Fokaia, 4 km east of Saronida, 10 km west of Lavrio and 34 km southeast of Athens city centre. The Greek National Road 91 (Athens - Sounion) passes south of the town, along the coast. Anavyssos is located in the area of ancient Attica's demos of Anaphlystos, which has shown significant archaeological findings like Kroisos Kouros that is exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. The contemporary settlement was originally a village founded by Greek refugees who resettled there after fleeing from various areas of Asia Minor after the Asia Minor Campaign.

Anavyssos is the place where Elias Venezis, one of the most important Greek novelists of the 20th century located his 1939 novel 'Tranquility' (Γαλήνη). Today Anavyssos is a major coastal resort of Attica famous for water-sports, the town sees its population tripled during the summer months. In addition to the main part of the town, Anavyssos includes a number of satellite settlements such as Ag. Nikolaos, Mavro Lithari, Paralia Anavyssou, Lakka, Alykes etc.

Historical population

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Year	Population
1981	2,383
1991	4,108
2001	7,189
2011	6,202
2021	6,180
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Climate

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Athens_Riviera_(barren_landscape).png" caption="[[Athens Riviera]] [[semi-arid]] landscape"] ::

According to the station of the National Observatory of Athens and the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavyssos has hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh) with mild winters, hot summers and very low annual precipitation. Together with Lagonisi it is the driest area in mainland Greece, the Athens Riviera and the Attica peninsula, receiving around 290 mm of annual precipitation.

|metric first = y |single line = y |Jan high C = 14.6 |Feb high C = 15.4 |Mar high C = 17.4 |Apr high C = 21.1 |May high C = 25.1 |Jun high C = 30.3 |Jul high C = 33.7 |Aug high C = 33.4 |Sep high C = 29.1 |Oct high C = 24.4 |Nov high C = 20.0 |Dec high C = 15.9

|Jan mean C = 11.4 |Feb mean C = 12.1 |Mar mean C = 13.7 |Apr mean C = 16.7 |May mean C = 20.7 |Jun mean C = 25.6 |Jul mean C = 28.8 |Aug mean C = 28.8 |Sep mean C = 24.8 |Oct mean C = 20.7 |Nov mean C = 16.9 |Dec mean C = 12.6

|Jan low C = 8.1 |Feb low C = 8.7 |Mar low C = 10.0 |Apr low C = 12.3 |May low C = 16.4 |Jun low C = 20.9 |Jul low C = 23.8 |Aug low C = 24.3 |Sep low C = 20.5 |Oct low C = 17.0 |Nov low C = 13.7 |Dec low C = 9.6

| Jan record high C = 21.3 | Feb record high C = 22.9 | Mar record high C = 24.3 | Apr record high C = 32.0 | May record high C = 32.9 | Jun record high C = 38.4 | Jul record high C = 40.2 | Aug record high C = 41.9 | Sep record high C = 36.2 | Oct record high C = 33.4 | Nov record high C = 26.9 | Dec record high C = 22.7

| Jan record low C = -2.5 | Feb record low C = 1.0 | Mar record low C = 1.6 | Apr record low C = 4.8 | May record low C = 10.8 | Jun record low C = 13.4 | Jul record low C = 18.2 | Aug record low C = 19.8 | Sep record low C = 14.6 | Oct record low C = 9.3 | Nov record low C = 5.7 | Dec record low C = 1.5

|rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 52.3 |Feb rain mm = 31.7 |Mar rain mm = 33.8 |Apr rain mm = 12.0 |May rain mm = 5.1 |Jun rain mm = 7.4 |Jul rain mm = 2.9 |Aug rain mm = 1.1 |Sep rain mm = 13.0 |Oct rain mm = 21.8 |Nov rain mm = 46.3 |Dec rain mm = 64.1 |source 1 = National Observatory of Athens (Jun 2012- Sep 2025) Hellenic Centre for Marine Research World Meteorological Organization

References

References

1. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
2. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
3. "The 'Serenity' of the new homeland".
4. "Meteo search".
5. "Meteo search".
6. "Monthly Bulletins".
7. "Latest Conditions in Anavyssos".
8. "World Meteorological Organization".

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