Lechaio

Lechaio is a village in the municipal unit of Assos-Lechaio in , . It is situated on the coast of the , 8 km west of and 12 km southeast of .
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  • Type: Town with 3,950 residents
  • Description: town in Peloponnese, Greece
  • Also known as: “Kolombótsi” and “Lékhaion”
  • Postal code: 20011

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lechaeum and Early Christian Basilica of Lechaeum.

Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
or Lechaion, also called Lecheae and Lecheum, was the port in ancient Corinthia on the Corinthian Gulf connected with the city of by means of the Long Walls, 12 stadia in length. is situated 3½ km east of Lechaio.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km east of Lechaio.

Railway station
is a train station in in the northern , . It was opened on 8 July 2012 on the section of the Athens Airport–Patras railway between and , and is located on the outskirts of the town near the A8 motorway between and . is situated 3½ km west of Lechaio.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Perigiali and Zevgolatio.

Village
is a seaside village in , . It was the seat of the former municipality of Assos-Lechaio. Its population at the 2021 census was 1,474.

Town
Zevgolateio is a town in the municipality , , . It is located 82 kilometers west of . In 2021, the town had a population of 4,269. is situated 4 km west of Lechaio.

Town
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is a beach town in the municipal unit of Vocha, , , population 3,603. It is located 12 km west of , and is a very popular destination for day trippers from Athens. is situated 4 km northwest of Lechaio.

Lechaio

Latitude
37.93524° or 37° 56′ 7″ north
Longitude
22.84436° or 22° 50′ 40″ east
Population
3,950
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
8G94WRPV+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 301280594
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
258521
Wiki­data ID
Q1811299
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Lechaio” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليخايو”
  • Catalan: “Lequeu”
  • Cebuano: “Lékhaio”
  • Chinese: “莱凯翁”
  • Dutch: “Lechaio”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليخايو”
  • Finnish: “Archaío Limáni”
  • Finnish: “Léchaio”
  • French: “Lechaion”
  • German: “Lechaio”
  • German: “Lechaion”
  • Greek: “Κολομπότσι”
  • Greek: “Λέχαιο Κορινθίας”
  • Greek: “Λέχαιο”
  • Greek: “Λέχαιον”
  • Indonesian: “Lekhaio”
  • Indonesian: “Lekhaion”
  • Irish: “Lechaio”
  • Italian: “Lechaion”
  • Italian: “Lecheo”
  • Japanese: “レカイオン”
  • Japanese: “レカエウム”
  • Latin: “Lechaeum”
  • Latvian: “Lehaja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lékheo”
  • Polish: “Lechajon”
  • Portuguese: “Lechaio”
  • Portuguese: “Lequeu”
  • Romanian: “Lechaio”
  • Russian: “Лехайо/Лехео”
  • Russian: “Лехеон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lechaeum”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lehaj”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lehajon”
  • Spanish: “Lequeo”
  • Swedish: “Lékhaio”
  • Turkish: “Lechaio”
  • “Kolompotsi”
  • “Lechaio”
  • “Lechaion”
  • “Lecheo”

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