Vilia

Vilia (Βίλια; formerly Eidyllia, Ειδυλλία) is a village and a former municipality of West Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mandra-Eidyllia, of which it is a municipal unit. Its population was 2,514 at the 2021 census. It is part of Athens metropolitan area. The inhabitants of Vilia are Arvanites.

Geography
The municipal unit Vilia covers the mountainous northwestern part of Attica, and has a land area of 144.851 km2. The main mountain ranges are Cithaeron (1,409 m) in the northwest and Pastra in the northeast. In the west it stretches along the coast of the Alkyonides Gulf, a bay of the Gulf of Corinth. The village Vilia, the largest in the municipal unit, lies in the easternmost part, at the southeastern foot of Cithaeron. Vilia is 6 km south of Erythres, 7 km west of Oinoi, 10 km east of the coastal village Aigosthena, 17 km south of Thebes and 40 km northwest of Athens.

The municipal unit's largest villages are Vilia (pop. 1,269 in 2011), Kato Alepochori (220), Aigosthena (80), Veniza (52), and Agios Nektarios (40).

Subdivisions


The municipal unit Vilia consists of the following villages:
 * Vilia
 * Agia Paraskevi
 * Agios Konstantinos
 * Agios Nektarios
 * Aigosthena (also Porto Germeno)
 * Ano Alepochori
 * Veniza
 * Kato Alepochori
 * Kryo Pigadi
 * Loumpa
 * Mytikas
 * Profitis Ilias
 * Psatha

Notable people

 * Ellie Lambeti (1926–1983) actress