Municipality of Agios Dimitrios
European Projects on Green Energy and Sustainable Development:
Completed:
Green Twinning 2012 – 2014
GRASP 2013 – 2015
REGEOCITIES 2012 – 2014
ENDURANCE 2012 – 2015
Mayors in Action 2014 – 2017
Republic ZEB 2014 – 2016
PUSH 2016
Current:
PRODESA 2017 – present
Timeline
1995 Acquires its first Pedestrian and Light Traffic Road Network
2009 Becomes a member of the Covenant of Mayors for Energy and Climate
2011 Signs the European Charter for Gender Equality
2016 Becomes member of the CIVITAS Network
2016 Compiles the first GRI Sustainability Report
2019 Launches two free public transport lines within the municipality
2019 Mayor Maria Androutsou is elected member of CIVITAS PAC
2021 Mayor Maria Androutsou is elected president of CIVINET PAC
The Municipality of Agios Dimitrios is a suburb of southeastern Attica. Since the 1980s, it has been making a constant and laborious effort to adapt to the modern needs of its residents, with projects, interventions and actions resulting from a rational and integrated planning. During this time, leaps forward have been made and new foundations and starting points have been laid for a route leading to a contemporary ‘smart’ city, ecologically upgraded, friendly and attractive to its residents and visitors.
Access to Agios Dimitrios is possible via several bus lines of the Metropolitan Transport, but mainly by metro, three stations of which are located within its boundaries.
Internally, it is served by two public transport lines, which connect the neighborhoods with central points of the city and the metro stations free of charge with two modern minibuses.
The stream of Pikrodafni, one of the last open streams of the urban tissue of Attica, runs through the municipality of Agios Dimitrios.
The main road artery of the Municipality leading to the coastal front of Athens is currently undergoing a major widening operation, one of the most important projects for safe and sustainable mobility in the Municipality.
Agios Dimitrios has a network of pedestrian and light traffic routes that provide access to the city centre, as well as to a number of public utilities and amenities.
It has a strategic plan for the development of a network of cycle paths, which is gradually being implemented.
It has designed a Controlled Parking System around Metro stations, in busy and commercial areas of the city.
It has a modern Traffic Education Park where educational visits by schools take place, but also organized targeted experiential activities by the Municipality, such as for example within the framework of the European Mobility Week.
The Municipality is actively planning and developing road safety improvement projects around schools and at dangerous intersections and roads of the city.
It has recently launched its first Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan and is developing an Electric Vehicles Charging Plan under which it will install a significant number of public charging stations.
The priority of the Municipality of Agios Dimitrios is the continuous creation, acquisition, promotion and upgrading of inclusive public spaces, such as Asyrmatos, which after the upcoming redevelopment will become a green space for culture, recreation and sports.
The vision of the Municipality of Agios Dimitrios is to create a city that grows equitably, inclusively and with solidarity. A city that is prosperous, where the well-being of its citizens and urban development will always be carried out in harmony with the natural environment and with empathy for the needs of future generations.
In Agios Dimitrios, priority is given to citizen participation in the planning of the city through open consultation processes. With transparency, good communication, interaction, and empathy, the needs and expectations of all citizens are taken into account, without exceptions.
