Dafni, Boeotia

Dafni, Boeotia
Dafni
Δάφνη
Location
Dafni is located in Greece
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Dafni
Coordinates 38°14′N 23°25′E / 38.233°N 23.417°E / 38.233; 23.417Coordinates: 38°14′N 23°25′E / 38.233°N 23.417°E / 38.233; 23.417
Government
Country: Greece
Region: Central Greece
Regional unit: Boeotia
Municipality: Tanagra
Municipal unit: Dervenochoria
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Village
 - Population: 156
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Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)

Dafni (Greek: Δάφνη meaning laurel) is a village in Boeotia, Greece. Its 2001 population was 156 for the village. Dafni is part of the Greater Athens area, located north and northwest of the Attiki Odos (number 6), west of the GR-1/E75 (Athens - Lamia - Larissa - Thessaloniki), northwest of Athens, north of Elefsina, southeast of Thiva and south of Chalkida. Attica is to the south and east and mount Parnitha lies to the east. The village was known as Darimari (Greek: Δαριμάρι). Its main industry is agriculture.

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Population

Year Village population
1981 288
1991 233
2001 156

Geography

The area around Dafni are mountains and are mainly forested with a few grasslands to the south. A few farmlands are around the area. The mountains that are mainly filled with grasslands and rocks covers around the area, forests are found mainly in low lying areas.

History

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the whole town was rebuilt by the mid to late 1950s. Many of them are abandoned.

The population dropped since 1981.

Dafni was hit by a drastic wildfire (see Summer 2007 Wildfires in Greece) on Thursday June 28, 2007 that came from Parnitha westward, it went 15 km west in hours and hit the village by the afternoon, the fires was by its grasslands and by the time it reached, fire trucks, helicopters and planes were stopping the blaze from heading westward. Some damages to property including houses and buildings were reported. The aftermath was that much of the forest turned into a groggy ashy landscape that may take years to restore its natural beauty. Its fires continued drastically until June 30 and slowly disintegrated into sporadic parts and on July 2, the fires had stopped on its entirely. It took hours to contain the blaze. Several mountain roads and trails may remain closed.

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