Chaeronea

Chaeronea is a village and a former municipality in , , located about 35 kilometers east of . The settlement was formerly known as Kópraina, and renamed to Chairóneia in 1916.
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  • Type: Village with 762 residents
  • Description: modern village in Boeotia, Greece
  • Also known as: Cheronia” and “Khairónia
  • Postal code: 32100

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chaironeia archaeological museum and Lion of Chaeronea.

Museum

Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akontio and Tsoukaládes.

Hamlet
is a subdivision of the municipality of , . is situated 3½ km east of Chaeronea.

Village
Tsoukalades is a village of the . The 2021 census recorded 92 residents in the village. Tsoukalades is a part of the community of . is situated 6 km southwest of Chaeronea.

Town
is a town in central . It is the capital of the regional district. lies 90 km north-west of , 64 km west of Chalkida, 63 km south-east of , 44 km east-south-east of , and 91 km east-north-east of . is situated 7 km southeast of Chaeronea.

Chaeronea

Latitude
38.49571° or 38° 29′ 45″ north
Longitude
22.84566° or 22° 50′ 44″ east
Population
762
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
Open location code
8GC4FRWW+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 286621938
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
260176
Wiki­data ID
Q549874
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Chaeronea” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Kaprena
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Χαιρώνεια
  • Arabic: خيرونيا
  • Azerbaijani: Xeroneya
  • Basque: Keronea
  • Belarusian: Херанея
  • Breton: C’haeronea
  • Bulgarian: Херонея
  • Catalan: Queronea
  • Chinese: 切若尼亞
  • Chinese: 奇羅尼亞
  • Czech: Chairóneia
  • Danish: Chaeronea
  • Dutch: Chaeronea
  • Egyptian Arabic: تشايرونيا
  • Esperanto: Keroneo
  • Extremaduran: Queronea
  • Finnish: Chairóneia
  • French: Chéronée
  • French: Cheronia
  • Galician: Queronea
  • German: Chaironeia
  • German: Cheronia
  • Greek: Κάπραινα
  • Greek: Χαιρώνεια Βοιωτίας
  • Greek: Χαιρώνεια
  • Hebrew: כאירוניאה
  • Hebrew: כירונאה
  • Hungarian: Khairóneia
  • Indonesian: Khaironeia
  • Italian: Cheronea
  • Japanese: カイロネイア
  • Korean: 카이로네이아
  • Latin: Chaeronea
  • Lithuanian: Chaironėja
  • Macedonian: Хајронеја
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Khaironeia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kherónia
  • Norwegian: Khaironeia
  • Persian: خایرونیا
  • Polish: Cheronea
  • Portuguese: Queroneia
  • Russian: Капрена
  • Russian: Херοниа
  • Russian: Херонея
  • Russian: Херония
  • Serbo-Croatian: Heroneja
  • Slovak: Cheronia
  • Slovenian: Haironeja
  • Spanish: Kapraina
  • Spanish: Queronea
  • Swedish: Chaironeia
  • Turkish: Haeronea
  • Turkish: Heroneya
  • Ukrainian: Херонея
  • Urdu: کیرونیا
  • Chairóneia
  • Haironeia
  • Herónia
  • Kápraina
  • Káprena

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