Peristeri

Peristeri

Περιστέρι
Peristeri Περιστέρι
Settlement
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Attica
Districts	4
Government
• Mayor	Andreas Pachatouridis
Area
• Total	10.050 km2 (3.880 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	137,918
• Density	14,000/km2 (36,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	121 xx, 126 xx
Area code(s)	210
Vehicle registration	Y, Z, I
Website	www.peristeri.gr

Peristeri (Greek: Περιστέρι, standing for "pigeon/dove" in Greek), older forms Peristerio and Peristerion is a suburban municipality in Athens, Greece, located about 5 km NW of the downtown area. The municipality is bordered by the Cephissus/Cephissos River, Athinon Avenue (GR-8), Chaidari in the west and Petroupoli in the northwest, with a size of around 10 km² (4 sq mi). The area includes the northern half of the Athens Industrial Area, with its main streets taking in Ethnikis Antistaseos Street and P. Tsaldari Street.

Transportation

The Athens Bus Terminal is in the east, slightly east of Peristeri itself, along with its nearest station in Sepolia, a part of Athens. A metro station opened in 2004 in Peristeri, named Aghios Antonios due to its location near the Aghios Antonios (Saint Anthony) church. Two other stations, Peristeri (near the town hall) and Anthoupoli (near Thivon St.) are under construction, and will open in late 2009.

Historical population

Year	Population
1991	137,288
2001	137,918

Sports

Atromitos - A 2007-08 Super League Greece football/soccer team, relegated to Beta Ethniki for 2008-09 but returned to Super League Greece for the 2009/10 season.
Peristeri BC - An A1 Ethniki basketball team.

Peristeri Arena

The Peristeri Arena (or Andreas Papandreou Arena) is an indoor basketball sporting arena. The seating capacity of the arena is 4,000 people. The arena is owned by the municipality of Peristeri. The arena is currently home to the Greek professional basketball team Peristeri Athens of the Greek A2 League.

The hall was opened in the year 1989. The arena is named after the late Andreas Papandreou, who was the former prime minister of Greece. The arena is an older, smaller version of the Larissa Neapolis Arena and the Dimitris Tofalos Arena, which were based on Peristeri Arena, but built 6 years later and with a larger seating capacity.

A.O. PERISTERIOU (athlitikos omilos peristeriou ) alfa erasitexniki (first division of semi profecional soccer)