page_title: Melissia
section_title: Historical population
hierarchical_section_title: Melissia / Historical population
caption_attribution_description: Melissia Main Square - Athens - Greece.
context_page_description: Melissia is a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Penteli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 3.956 km². Melissia is situated at the southwestern foot of the Penteli mountains, 12 km northeast of Athens city centre. It is a green residential town.
  It was part of the municipality of Marousi until 1946, when it became a separate community. It became a municipality in 1990.
  The population of Melissia was more than 22,000 at the 2011 census. It has six primary schools, two high schools, one lyceum and a modern municipal swimming-pool.
caption: Melissia Main Square
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