Ialysos

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Ialysos
Ιαλυσός
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Panorama of the city
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Ialysos
Location within Rhodes
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Coordinates: 36°25′N28°09′E / 36.417°N 28.150°E / 36.417; 28.150
Country Greece
Administrative region South Aegean
Regional unit Rhodes
Municipality Rhodes
Area
  Municipal unit16.7 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Municipal unit
12,717
  Municipal unit density760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Ialysos (Greek : Ιαλυσός, before 1976: Τριάντα Trianta) [2] is a town and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit. [3] The municipal unit has an area of 16.7 km2. [4] It is the second-largest town on the island of Rhodes. It has a population of approximately 13,000, and is located eight kilometres (5.0 miles) west of the town of Rhodes, the island's capital, on the island's northwestern coast.

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Overview

The town is situated near the site of the ancient Doric polis of Ialysus, homeland of the famous ancient boxer Diagoras of Rhodes. The municipal unit consists of the town Trianta/Ialysos and the surrounding areas. While official sources use Trianta as a name for the town, and Ialysos for the whole municipal unit, unofficial usage tend to favour Ialysos to describe both the modern town and the municipal unit.

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Filerimos Monastery

Until the mid-1980s Trianta/Ialysos was a village with a population of around 2500 people, but during the following years population grew to an official 10,107 at the 2001 census, as it to an increasing degree became a suburban district to the town of Rhodes. Ialysos has in addition become a tourist destination, with several hotels and resorts located on the coast, especially in the new settlement of Ixia, situated between the towns of Ialysos and Rhodes. Being on the usually windward north-western coast of the island, it is also a noted location for wind-surfing. The municipal unit has a land area of 16.700 square kilometres (6.448 sq mi), the smallest of any on Rhodes.

Education

State facilities by category:

Sports

Football

Town football team GAS Ialysos currently competes at national level third tier (Gamma Ethniki) while in the 90s team competed even at Beta Ethniki (now Football League) losing promotion to Greece's top league during 1994-95 season.

Basketball

GAS Ialysos currently competes on local league but in the past reached national league C.

Sports venues

Town municipal "Ekonomideio" stadium hosts football and Ialysos indoor hall basketball.

Notable people

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Filerimos Hill View

See also

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