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Menidi Katharevousa and official name: Αχάρναι, Modern and older spelling: Αχάρνες) is a suburb of Athens also known as b (Μενίδι). Much of the area north of the area are the forested Parnitha ranges and the parkland. The municipality is north of the i Acharnae, many of its residents were charcoal peddlers, a fact which is put to comic use by Aristophanes in his play i. Today it is a working-class neighborhood. It is located about 10 km due north of Athens.

Acharnai has schools, a lyceum, a gymnasium, banks, a post office and squares.

On 7 September 1999, it was very close to the epicenter of a devastating earthquake which resulted in significant destruction to Acharnes and the greater Athens area.

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