Iraklio is a suburb of Athens, situated north of Athens. It has borders with the Metamorfosis, the Lykovryssi, the Maroussi and New Ionia suburbs. It has a population of 45,926 inhabitants (2001), located in an area of 4.6 km. The social classes living in the area are mainly medium urban.

Main Activities

The municipality main axes of actions are listed below:

• Environment and Quality of Life
• Social Politics, Health, Education, Culture, Athletics.
• Local Economy and Employment affairs.
• Improvement of administrative capacity & Municipality economic situation.

Strengths

Municipality has been funded from various Operational Programs in the context of National Strategic Reference Framework 2007 – 2013 in the following axes of action:

• Environment and Quality of Life
• Social Politics, Health, Education, Culture, Athletics

In addition, national co-funded programmes are implemented as follows:

• Non – typical education for adults and elderly, Lifelong learning programme
• Local Plan on the Employment specialized on social economy
• Home Care Assistance for people in need

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