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Vyronas (Municipality, Greece)
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Last modified: 2024-07-28 by randy young
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![[Flag of Vyronas]](../images/g/gr-atvy0.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 July 2024
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The municipality of Vyronas (61,308 inhabitants in 2011; 920 ha), is a suburbs located southeast of Athens. The town is named after George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), 6th Baron Byron, the famous English poet and writer. A national hero of Greece, Lord Byron travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence. He died from a fever contracted while in Missolonghi.
The municipality was not changed with the 2011 local government reform.
Olivier Touzeau, 3 August 2013
The municipality of Vyronas has already been featured on the FOTW pages. Here is the new flag of the municipality.
Tomislav Šipek, 27 July 2024
Sources:
https://www.dimosbyrona.gr/article.php?id=11040
https://www.dimosbyrona.gr/article.php?id=10786
The new municipal flag appears to be a variation on the previous flag, using a different portrait of Lord Byron centered on the same dark red field, removing the yellow inner border, and adding the municipality's name beneath the portrait.
Randy Young, 28 July 2024
![[Flag of Vyronas]](../images/g/gr-at-vy.gif)
image by Olivier Touzeau, 3 August 2013
The flag of Vyronas (Kokkonis website) is Burgundy red with an inner yellow border, and the seal of the municipality (a portrait of Lord Byron) on the center-hoist part.
Olivier Touzeau, 3 August 2013