Lagonisi

Lagonissi (Greek: Λαγονήσι meaning "rabbit island") is a settlement in the southern part of Kalyvia Thorikou by the Saronic Gulf in the Greek prefecture of Attica. Lagonissi is linked with a 4-lane highway (GR-91 linking Athens and Sounio. The small road linking to the airport lies north. Lagonissi is located approximately 30 km SE of Athens, S of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62), 35 km NW of Cape Sounio and south of the Hymettus Ring. Lagonissi is a mixture of luxury and small or mid-density homes. Beaches as well as several hotels and facilities lie within the Saronic and restaurants also cover the shoreline.

Nearest places

* Kalyvia Thorikou

Information

The mountains dominates the northern partparts of the municipality, the valley consisting of farmlands and luxury homes covers the rest of the municipality. Businesses and tourism are the most popular industry in Lagonissi after shifting from rural in the 1960s and the 1970s and agriculture was then the main industry of Lagonissi and also farmlands cover much of Lagonissi. Later, Lagonissi became part of the Athens Metropolitan Area. Suburban housing arrived in the 1970s and the 1990s and rarely continues to this day. A part of the population are still rural. In the 1970s, the highway added two additional lanes to GR-89 (Athens - Sounio Road).

The rainfalls of November 24, 2005 ravaged the low-lying and valley areas ruining properties, farmlands and homes and one of the driveways were flooded, a couple of trees were also down. Streets and roads became lakes and automobiles were stranded. One of the homes devastated by the flood were on a former creek used to exist and a street replaced a creek before the zoning laws were signed, several boats were upturned or damaged by the Saronic.

Satellite Photo of Lagonissi area from Google Earth.

[http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6711/lagonissivr3.jpg]

[http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6711/lagonissivr3.jpg]

Other

Lagonisi has schools, a lyceum, a gymnasia, churches, and squares ("plateies").

External links

* Map and aerial photos:
** Street
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.773667&longitude=23.985&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.773667&lons1=23.985&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.773667,23.807 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.773667&lon=23.985&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
** Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.773667,23.985&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.773667|23.985&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
** [http://www.lagonisi.gr Lagonisi Dot Gr] by Lagonisi.gr
* Coordinates: coord|23|53|23|N|37|46|28|W|region:GR

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