Anavyssos

Statistics
Prefecture:	Attica
Metropolitan Area:	Athens
Location:
Population: (1991) - Total - Density¹ - Rank	8,488 /km
Elevation: -lowest: -centre: -highest:	Saronic Gulf 15 m(centre) around 200 m
Postal code:	190 13
Area/distance code:	11-30-22910 (030-22910) -36 thru 41
Statistical code:	0303
Car designation:	`Y` (prev.) `Z` pres.
3-letter abbreviation:	ANB
Address of administration:	Vas. Konstantinou and Kritis St. Anavyssos 190 13

Anavyssos, also Anavissos, Anavysos, Anavisos (Greek: Ανάβυσσος, until the 1990s, Anavissos) is a suburban Athens town in southern Attica, and NW of Sunion. It is linked by GR-91 and runs through Anavyssos, and no railroad. The neighboring communities is Kalyvia in the northeast. It sits next to a mountain south of the centre. The population is around 4,000 and 5,000. Mountains surround the town and a small plain is in the middle. The town offers a beach, a square, a amusement park which is sometimes used and a school. The mountains' forest are rare. Housing developments began slowly between the 1970s? and the 1990s. The elevation is about 1 m in the centre. The settlement dates back to ancient times. Pine forests are in the west.