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Agioi Theodoroi

There are communities that have the name Agioi Theodoroi, other forms, Agii Theodori (Greek: Άγιοι Θεοδώροι for Saint Theodore) in Greece):
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Agioi Theodoroi (Άγιοι Θεοδώροι) sometimes Aghioi Theodoroi, Ayioi Theodoroi or Agii Theodorii or Ayii Theodorii is an Athens suburb located around 12 km east of Corinth. Its population is around 11,000 and 12,000. It has one toll interchange with GR-8A first opened in 1995, and a praking lot. The south contains beach, the west is bounded by the Corinth Refinery with Kalamaki. hills and mountains dominate the northern part, and the Attica boundary with Kineta (Kinetta) to its east. The municipality is bounded with Loutraki in the west and Megara in the east. Agricultural used to dominate before the 1960s and the 1970s. Now most of the agricultural land is in the north and the east. Some houses are summer homes.

Nearest places

  • Kineta (east)
  • Kalamaki (west)

    Historical population

History

In 2001, a fire started on a mountain north of Aghioi Theodori and south of Geraneia mountains. It lasted days. It spread close to the refinery, and the town and smoke covered the main freeway and highway, road closres took place. A couple of houses especially in Kineta were burnt down. A soon as firefighters put out the fire, the fires were stopped.



North: Loutraki-Perachora
West: Loutraki-Perachora Agii Theodoroi East: Megara in Attica
South: Saronic Gulf

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