Editing Elefsina (section)

=== Modern Elefsina ===
[[File:Kronos Eleusis.jpg|thumb|The old factory of Kronos at the seafront of Elefsina.]]
[[File:Elefsina from Eleusis.jpg|thumb|220x220px|View of the lower area of the town from the hill of the archeological site.|alt=]]

In 1829, after the [[Greek War of Independence]], Elefsina was a small settlement of about 250 inhabitants. By the late 19th century Elefsina changed drastically as new buildings were erected by the new merchant settlers. Also during that period Eleusis became one of the main industrial centers of the [[Modern Greek state]] with concrete factory [[Titan Cement|TITAN]], Charilaou Soap Factory as well as the distilleries of Botrys and Kronos being established in the area.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eleusina.gr/history/syntomo_istoriko.aspx?sflang=en | title=History of the town of Eleusis | access-date=6 September 2018 | archive-date=19 June 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619064137/http://www.eleusina.gr/history/syntomo_istoriko.aspx?sflang=en | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Arvanitika is still spoken in the village, with the locals qualifying their dialect more "noble" and "refined" than those of rural Arvanites.<ref>Adamou&nbsp;E. & Drettas&nbsp;G. 2008, Slave, Le patrimoine plurilingue de la Grèce&nbsp;– Le nom des langues&nbsp;II, E.&nbsp;Adamou (éd.), BCILL&nbsp;121, Leuven, Peeters, p.56.</ref> 
Many Greek families of [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]] settled in Elefsina after the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)|1922 Asia Minor Catastrophe]] and created the settlement of Upper Elefsina, doubling its total population and enriching the region culturally and economically.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arxeion-politismou.gr/2017/12/Mouseio-Istorias-Laografias-SYllogou-Mikrasiaton-Elefsinas.html | title=Museum of Greeks of Minor Asia}}</ref>

During the [[Axis occupation of Greece]] (1941–1945), strong resistance developed within the city, the factories and the military airport, which once stationed Squadron&nbsp;80, the squadron that [[Roald Dahl]]<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dImS-_HRoQAC&pg=PA128 | title=Going Solo | publisher=Cape | last=Dahl | first=Roald | year=1986 | page=128 | isbn=978-0-224-02407-5}}</ref> was assigned to in the RAF. After [[World War II]], workers from all parts of Greece moved to Elefsina to work in the industries in the region. Industrial activity, however, developed anarchically on the antiquities and next to the residential area.

[[Pollution|Environmental pollution]] has taken on large dimensions. During the 20th century, at the time of sustainable development, archaeological discoveries and industrial formation shaped the image of contemporary Eleusis.

In 1962, a large house of priests from the [[Roman Greece|Roman era]] was discovered. Pollution thanks to citizens' struggles gradually has fallen.

Today, the city has become a suburb of [[Athens]], to which it is linked by the [[A6 motorway (Greece)|A6 motorway]] and [[Greek National Road&nbsp;8]]. Eleusis is nowadays a major industrial area, and the place where the majority of crude oil in Greece is imported and refined. The largest refinery is located on the west side of town, right beside where the annual Aeschylia Festival is held in honor of the great tragic poet Aeschylus.

[[Elefsis Shipyards]] is located here.

There is a [[Elefsina Air Base|military airport]] a few kilometers east of Elefsina. Elefsina Airfield played a crucial role in the final British evacuation during the 1941 [[Battle of Greece]], as recounted by [[Roald Dahl]] in his autobiography ''[[Going Solo]]''.

Elefsina is home to the football club [[Panelefsiniakos F.C.]], and the basketball club [[Panelefsiniakos B.C.]]