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{{short description|Suburb of Athens, Greece}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name               = Glyfada
|name_local         = {{native name|el|Γλυφάδα}}
|type = municipality
|image_map          = 2011 Dimos Glyfadas.png
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| image1 = Glyfada Marina - panoramio (6).jpg
| caption1                 = [[Athens Riviera|Coastline of Glyfada]]
| image2 = Agios Konstantinos - panoramio.jpg
| caption2                 =  [[St. Constantine]] & [[Helena, mother of Constantine I|Helen]] Church
| image3 = Glyfada-Tram.jpg
| caption3                 = [[Athens Tram]]
| image4 = Glyfada Marina - panoramio (1).jpg
| caption4                 = 3rd Glyfada Marina
| image5 = Glyfada - panoramio (27).jpg
| caption5                = Glyfada Beach
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|elevation          = 5
|periph             = [[Attica (region)|Attica]]
|periphunit         = [[South Athens (regional unit)|South Athens]]
|population_as_of   = 2021
|pop_municipality   = 89597
|area_municipality  = 25.366
|mayor              = Giorgos Papanikolaou<ref name=mayor>[https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/d/home/en/municipalities/9196/ Municipality of Glyfada, Municipal elections – October 2023], Ministry of Interior</ref>
|party              = 
|since              = 2014
|postal_code        = 166 xx, 165 xx
|area_code          = 210
|licence            = I
|website            = [http://www.glyfada.gr Δήμος Γλυφάδας]
}}
[[File:Vouliagmeni AB.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Glyfada and Vouliagmeni]]
'''Glyfada''' ({{langx|el|Γλυφάδα|Glypháda}}, {{IPA|el|ɣliˈfaða|pron}}) is a town and a suburb in the [[South Athens]] regional unit located in the [[Athens Riviera]] along the coast of the [[Saronic Gulf]]. It is situated in the southern parts of the [[Athens#Athens Urban Area|Athens urban area]]. The area stretches from the foot of the [[Hymettus]] mountain to the Saronic Gulf.

==History==
In ancient times, the area was a [[deme]] known as [[Aixone]] ({{lang|grc|Αἰξωνή}}). Today, Glyfada is packed with some of the capital's best-known nightclubs, upscale restaurants and shops. It could be argued to be one of the most "[[Americanization|Americanized]]" of Athenian municipalities, since an American airbase was located nearby until the early 1990s. The base's population contributed in part to Glyfada's character, leading to a unique blend of Greek and American atmosphere and cuisine. Although the base is now gone and the school relocated, Glyfada still retains part of its American flavor while continuing to offer distinctly Greek cuisine, entertainment, and nightlife.

Glyfada was established as the heart of Athens' southern suburbs, because of its prime waterfront location, rich commercial center, and modern business district. It has been described as the headpoint of the 'Athens Riviera' and features some of Europe's most opulent seafront residences, gardens and extensive beachfront property, with a modern marina.

The town hall is located at the center of the municipality; nearby, Glyfada's shopping district has one of the most vibrant and diversified commercial centers of Athens' neighborhoods, with a collection ranging across specialist and designer boutiques. Its proximity to a succession of beaches and a concentrated seaside club scene also greatly increases the number of visitors during the summer months. The area's shopping district runs across Metaxa Avenue and Grigoriou Labraki Street while both the offices of major businesses and shopping areas also dot the Avenues [[Vouliagmenis Avenue|Vouliagmenis]], Gounari, and Gennimata.

At the beginning of the 20th century the town had already changed its name to "Glyfada", a name given because of the presence of salt-water wells, typical of this area.

==Transportation==
[[File:Leoforos Posidonos - panoramio (4).jpg|thumb|[[Poseidonos Avenue]]]]
Glyfada is connected to central Athens via two major avenues ([[Poseidonos Avenue]] and [[Vouliagmenis Avenue]]) and a tram line operated by STASY S.A. which goes across the seaside next to Poseidonos Avenue. An extension of the [[Line 2 (Athens Metro)|Line 2]] of [[Athens Metro]] from [[Elliniko metro station|Elliniko station]] to the south, with two stations in Ano Glyfada and Glyfada is being planned. A version of these plans includes a third station between Ano Glyfada and Glyfada stations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Επέκταση του Μετρό σε Γλυφάδα, Καλλιθέα, Πετρούπολη και ΠΥΡΚΑΛ |url=https://www.news247.gr/koinonia/epektasi-toy-metro-se-glyfada-kallithea-petroypoli-kai-pyrkal.9633267.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.news247.gr |date=17 May 2022 |language=el}}</ref>

==Municipality==
32,492 people registered with the Municipality of Glyfada voted during the Municipal Elections of October 2006. At the second round, 54.79% of the votes were for Thanasis Papakostas, who was the mayor of Glyfada for the 2006–2010 period. Kostantinos Kokoris was just elected mayor. In 2014, George Papanikolaou was elected mayor in the Glyfada municipality.

==Geography==
The municipality has an area of 25.366&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and it is located in the Athens Riviera.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web |url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=21 September 2015 }}</ref> Glyfada Marina includes marine space and coastal land area totaling {{convert|3|km|0|abbr=off}}, and a concrete land mass between basins A and B with a length of roughly {{convert|250|m|abbr=off}}, between basins B and G with a length of roughly {{convert|150|m|abbr=off}}, between basins G and D with a length of roughly {{convert|300|m|abbr=off}}, and between basin D until the end of the basin of roughly {{convert|350|m|abbr=off}}, with all harbor facilities and buildings found within this space.

Northwest is the [[golf course]] of [[Athens]], the ''Glyfada Golf Club'', located south of the former [[Ellinikon International Airport|Ellinikon Airport]]. To the east and northeast there is an [[urban sprawl]] which spreads over the southwest shoulder of Mt. [[Hymettus]] and its rocky landscape.

===Climate===
Glyfada has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate with mild winters and hot summers. The driest months are during the summer while the wettest period is during the autumn and early winter. 

{{Weather box|location = Glyfada Golf 53 m a.s.l.
|metric first       = y
|single line        = y
|Jan high C         = 15.2
|Feb high C         = 16.2
|Mar high C         = 17.5
|Apr high C         = 21.7
|May high C         = 26.1
|Jun high C         = 31.6
|Jul high C         = 35.6
|Aug high C         = 35.1
|Sep high C         = 30.1
|Oct high C         = 25.4
|Nov high C         = 20.9
|Dec high C         = 17.1

|Jan mean C         = 12.5
|Feb mean C         = 13.0
|Mar mean C         = 14.2
|Apr mean C         = 18.0
|May mean C         = 22.3
|Jun mean C         = 27.4
|Jul mean C         = 31.4
|Aug mean C         = 31.0
|Sep mean C         = 26.5
|Oct mean C         = 22.2
|Nov mean C         = 18.0
|Dec mean C         = 14.6

|Jan low C          = 9.8
|Feb low C          = 9.7
|Mar low C          = 10.9
|Apr low C          = 14.3
|May low C          = 18.5
|Jun low C          = 23.2
|Jul low C          = 27.1
|Aug low C          = 26.8
|Sep low C          = 23.0
|Oct low C          = 18.9
|Nov low C          = 15.2
|Dec low C          = 12.1

|Jan record high C  = 22.4
|Feb record high C  = 21.7
|Mar record high C  = 25.9
|Apr record high C  = 29.3
|May record high C  = 35.1
|Jun record high C  = 41.3
|Jul record high C  = 45.9
|Aug record high C  = 45.2
|Sep record high C  = 38.2
|Oct record high C  = 31.5
|Nov record high C  = 27.9
|Dec record high C  = 21.9

|Jan record low C   = 0.7
|Feb record low C   = 0.0
|Mar record low C   = 2.1
|Apr record low C   = 7.9
|May record low C   = 13.3
|Jun record low C   = 16.3
|Jul record low C   = 20.6
|Aug record low C   = 20.4
|Sep record low C   = 16.4
|Oct record low C   = 13.6
|Nov record low C   = 8.3
|Dec record low C   = 3.2

|rain colour        = green
|Jan rain mm        = 31.8
|Feb rain mm        = 16.3
|Mar rain mm        = 14.6
|Apr rain mm        = 6.9
|May rain mm        = 6.1
|Jun rain mm        = 12.6
|Jul rain mm        = 4.2
|Aug rain mm        = 10.5
|Sep rain mm        = 9.4
|Oct rain mm        = 16.8
|Nov rain mm        = 33.6
|Dec rain mm        = 57.4
|source 1 = Davis WeatherLink Network (Jun 2019 - Feb 2025) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.weatherlink.com/browse/c000122f-367a-4651-a4b6-1c9c40a19271 | title=WeatherLink Login }}</ref>
}}

==Sports==
The [[Glyfada Indoor Hall]] is located at the Municipality, formerly a major indoor sport venue of local Athens teams. Glyfada is the seat of [[ANO Glyfada]], club with many honors in Greek Water Polo and [[Glyfada F.C.]]
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"|Sport clubs based in Glyfada
|-
!Club
!Founded
!Sports
!Achievements
|-
|[[ANO Glyfada]]||1946|| [[Water Polo]]||Panhellenic titles in Water Polo both Men and Women teams
|-
|[[Terpsithea Glyfada B.C.]]||1958||[[Basketball]], [[Association football|Football]]||Presence in A1 Ethniki women
|-
|[[Glyfada F.C.]]<br />''(founded as Keravnos Glyfada'')||1976||[[Association football|Football]] ||Presence in [[Gamma Ethniki]]
|-
|[[Spartakos Glyfadas]]||1979||[[Baseball]]||Panhellenic titles in baseball
|-
|[[G.S.Glyfadas.]]||1997||[[Track and field|Athletics]] ||Panhellenic titles(outdoor, indoor, cross country)
|-
|[[Spartakos Glyfadas]]||1979||[[Baseball]]||Panhellenic titles in baseball
|}

==Famous residents and people==
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*[[Sophia Aliberti]], TV personality and actress
*[[Bessy Argyraki]], Greek singer, Eurovision contestant and ex member of Glyfada's city council
*[[George Baldock]], Greek football player
*[[Christos Dantis]], Greek Rock artist
*[[Anna Diamantopoulou]], former Greek EU representative and former minister of Education
*[[Predrag Đorđević]], Serbian footballer
*[[Evridiki]], Greek Singer
*[[Eleni Foureira]], Greek Singer
*[[Takis Fyssas]], Greek footballer
*[[Mihalis Hatzigiannis]], Greek Cypriot artist
*[[Kalomira]], Pop singer and [[Eurovision]] contestant
*Ioannis Karagiannis, epidemiology and One Health consultant with the [[World Health Organization]]
*[[Giorgos Karagounis]], Greek footballer
*[[Zeta Makripoulia]], Greek actress
*[[Giorgos Mazonakis]], Greek singer
*[[Constantine Mitsotakis]], former [[Prime Minister of Greece]]
*[[Tony Mokbel]], convicted Australian criminal
*[[Mikael Nilsson (footballer, born 1978)|Mikael Nilsson]], retired football player from Sweden
*[[Fani Palli-Petralia]], former Greek Minister of Tourism
*[[Alexandros Panagoulis]], Greek politician and poet
*[[Elena Paparizou]], Pop singer and [[Eurovision]] winner
*[[Giannis Parios]], Greek singer
*[[Giannis Ploutarhos]], Greek singer
*[[Antonis Remos]], Greek singer
*[[Peja Stojaković]], retired NBA player from Serbia
*[[Tolis Voskopoulos]], Greek singer

==Historical population==
{| class=wikitable
! Year !! Population 
|-
| 1981 || 44,018 
|-
| 1991 || 63,306 
|-
| 2001 || 80,409 
|-
| 2011 || 87,305
|-
| 2021 || 89,597
|}

==Districts==
*[[Agios Nikolaos, Glyfada]]
*Kolimvitirio
*Eksoni
*Evriali
*Pirnari
*Egli
*Ano Glyfada
*[[Terpsithea (Glyfada), Greece|Terpsithea]]

==Twin cities==
Glyfada is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with the following cities:
*{{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Bayside Council|Bayside, New South Wales]], Australia
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Niš, Serbia]]
*{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Gżira, Malta]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast]], Russia

==See also==
{{Portal|Greece}}
*[[List of cities in Greece]]
*[[List of settlements in Attica]]
*[[List of municipalities of Attica]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Glyfada}}
*[http://www.glyfada.gr/ Glyfada-Γλυφάδα] {{in lang|el}}
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100415210820/http://www.glyfadiotes.gr/
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060719224300/http://www.geo.gr/glyf/ Geographical Information]
*[https://www.imperial-car-rental.com/rent-a-car-glyfada Rent a Car Glyfada]

{{Geographic location
|Centre =    Glyfada
|North =     [[Argyroupoli]]
|Northeast = 
|East =      [[Kropia]]
|Southeast = 
|South =     [[Voula]]
|Southwest = 
|West =      ''[[Saronic Gulf]]''
|Northwest = [[Elliniko]]
|image =     
}}
{{Kallikratis-Attica}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Attica]]
[[Category:Populated places in South Athens (regional unit)]]
[[Category:Shopping districts and streets in Greece]]
[[Category:Athens Riviera]]