Pollyrinia

Polyrrhenia or Polyrrenia, Polyrrhen or Polyrren or Polyren, or Pollyrrhenia or Pollyrrenia, or Polyrrenion or Polyrrhenium, was a town and polis in the northwest of ancient Crete, whose territory occupied the whole western extremity of the island, extending from north to south.
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  • Type: Village with 31 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Greece
  • Also known as: “Áno Palaiókastro”, “Epáno Palaiókastron”, “Mint of Polyrhenium”, “Polirrinía”, “Pollyrrenia”, “Polyrhenium”, “Polyrrenia”, “Polyrrenion”, “Polyrrhenia”, “Polyrrhenium”, “Polyrrinia”, and “Polyrrínia”
  • Postal code: 73400
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kalathenes and Potamida.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 3 km southeast of Pollyrinia.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Pollyrinia.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Pollyrinia.

Pollyrinia

Latitude
35.45511° or 35° 27′ 18″ north
Longitude
23.65259° or 23° 39′ 9″ east
Population
31
Elevation
274 metres (899 feet)
Open location code
8G75FM43+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 287984774
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
254906
Wiki­data ID
Q7226914
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Pollyrinia” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Polirrènia”
  • Catalan: “Polyrrenia”
  • Catalan: “Polyrrhenia”
  • Chinese: “多雷尼亞”
  • Dutch: “Polyrrhenia”
  • Finnish: “Polyrrinía”
  • French: “Polyrrinia”
  • German: “Polyrrhenia”
  • Greek: “Άνω Παλαιόκαστρο”
  • Greek: “Επάνω Παλαιόκαστρο”
  • Greek: “Πάνω Παλαιόκαστρο”
  • Greek: “Πολλύρρηνα”
  • Greek: “Πολύρην”
  • Greek: “Πολυρρήνια Χανίων”
  • Greek: “Πολυρρηνία”
  • Greek: “Πολυρρήνια”
  • Hebrew: “פוליריניה”
  • Irish: “Polyrrhenia”
  • Portuguese: “Polirrénia”
  • Portuguese: “Polyrrhenia”
  • Portuguese: “Polyrrinia”
  • Russian: “Полиррениа/Полиррхениия”
  • Spanish: “Polirrenia”
  • Turkish: “Polyrrhenium”

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