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<p><b>Dionysos</b> is a town and a municipality in northeastern <a href="/pages/w/103117283061331">Attica</a>, <a href="/pages/w/106078956090444">Greece</a>. The seat of the municipality is the town <a href="/pages/w/119909908081592">Agios Stefanos</a>.</p><h2>Geography</h2><p>Dionysos is situated on the northeastern slopes of the forested <a href="/pages/w/108223452539695">Penteliko Mountain</a>s. It is 5 km south of Agios Stefanos, 9 km west of <a href="/pages/w/107724425916026">Nea Makri</a>, on the <a href="/pages/w/103820396323682">Aegean Sea</a> coast, and 18 km northeast of <a href="/pages/w/112233575456240">Athens</a> city centre. Its built-up area is continuous with those of the neighbouring suburbs <a href="/pages/w/105571882810332">Drosia</a> and <a href="/pages/w/104200679617264">Rodopoli</a> to the northwest. Even though the town is located only 20 Kilometres away from central Athens, it has a completely different climate, with weather being significantly cooler, including frequent snowfall during the winter.</p><p><a href="/pages/w/178250942213518">Motorway 1</a> (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) and the <a href="/pages/w/276308122515837">railway from Athens to Thessaloniki</a> pass through the western part of the municipality, near Agios Stefanos. There is a <a href="/pages/w/212412812210902">railway station at Agios Stefanos</a>. Dionysos is connected to <a href="/pages/w/1411641335815162">Kifisia</a> by the 536 Dionysos-Kifisia bus service.</p><h2>Municipality</h2><p>The municipality Dionysos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 7 former municipalities, that became municipal units: <ul><li><a href="/pages/w/119909908081592">Agios Stefanos</a></li><li><a href="/pages/w/145684972155547">Anoixi</a></li><li>Dionysos</li><li><a href="/pages/w/105571882810332">Drosia</a></li><li><a href="/pages/w/107939432560759">Kryoneri</a></li><li><a href="/pages/w/104200679617264">Rodopoli</a></li><li><a href="/pages/w/104115156291493">Stamata</a></li></ul></p><p> The municipality has an area of 69.360 km2, the municipal unit 21.410 km2.</p>