Lechaina
Lechaina is a town and a former municipality in Elis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.- Type: Town with 3,710 residents
- Description: town in Greece, Peloponnese, Elis
- Also known as: “Lechena”, “Lekhaena”, and “Lekhainá”
- Postal code: 27053
Places of Interest
Highlights include Andravida Air Base.
Andravida Air Base
Aerodrome
Photo: Jerry Gunner, CC BY 2.0.
Andravida Air Base is a military airport operated by the Hellenic Air Force, located 2.5 kilometres from the town of Andravida in Elis, Greece, housing the 117th Combat Wing, and the Air Force's Air Tactics Center. Andravida Air Base is situated 3 km southeast of Lechaina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Myrsini and Andravida.
Myrsini
Village
Photo: Marybilly2005, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Myrsini is a town in Elis, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Lechaina since 1997. Myrsini lies in a flat coastal plain that stretches from Amaliada to Kato Achaia. It is 3 km southwest of Lechaina and 3 km northwest of Andravida. Myrsini is situated 3 km southwest of Lechaina.
Andravida
Town
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Andravida is a town and a former municipality in Elis, in the northwest of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini, of which it is a municipal unit. Andravida is situated 3½ km south of Lechaina.
Strousi
Village
Strousi is a village in the western part of the municipal unit of Andravida in Elis, Greece. It is situated in a flat rural area, 1 km south of Myrsini, 3 km west of Andravida, 3 km east of Neochori and 3 km northeast of Dimitra. Strousi is situated 3½ km southwest of Lechaina.
Lechaina
- Category: locality
- Location: Andravida-Kyllini, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.93739° or 37° 56′ 15″ northLongitude
21.26332° or 21° 15′ 48″ eastPopulation
3,710Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR LNAOpen location code
8G93W7P7+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 4197422066OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lechaina” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليخاينا”
- Asturian: “Lechaina”
- Bulgarian: “Лехена”
- Cebuano: “Lechainá”
- Chinese: “莱谢纳”
- Dutch: “Lechaina”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليخاينا”
- Finnish: “Lechainá”
- French: “Lechená”
- Greek: “Lechainá”
- Greek: “Λεχαινά Ηλείας”
- Greek: “Λεχαινά”
- Italian: “Lechaina”
- Japanese: “レヘナ”
- Korean: “레헤나”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lekhená”
- Romanian: “Lechaina”
- Russian: “Лехена”
- Swedish: “Lechainá”
- Ukrainian: “Лехена”
- Welsh: “Lechaina”
- “Lechaina”
- “Myrtountia”
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