Galatas

Galatas is a village and a community in western Chalkeia, Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece located at 14 m above sea level. The community includes the village Kryoneri.

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Type: Village with 1,060 residents
Description: village in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece
Also known as: “Galatas, Aetolia-Acarnania”
Postal code: 30014

Places of Interest

Highlights include Calydon and Varasova.

Calydon

Photo: Vasarchit, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Calydon was a Greek city in ancient Aetolia, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus, 7.5 Roman miles from the sea. Its name is most famous today for the Calydonian boar that had to be overcome by heroes of the Olympian age. Calydon is situated 3 km northwest of Galatas.

Varasova

Peak

Varasova is a limestone mountain in the southern part of Aetolia-Acarnania in western Greece. It was known as Chalcis in antiquity, and there was an ancient Aetolian town at its foot named Chalcis, Hypochalcis or Chalceia. Varasova is situated 3 km east of Galatas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Evinochori and Kryoneri.

Evinochori

Village

Photo: Nikgiannis, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Evinochori is a village and a community in the southern part of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Evinochori is in the municipality of Missolonghi, located 10 km east of Missolonghi town centre.

Kryoneri

Hamlet

Kryoneri is a seaside settlement in the community of Galatas, located about 14 km east from Messolonghi and west of Antirrio in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Kryoneri is situated 3 km southeast of Galatas.

Gavrolimni

Village

Photo: Καραίσκος Τάσος, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gavrolimni is a village and a community in Aetolia-Acarnania, western Greece, part of the municipality of Nafpaktia. Gavrolimni is situated 7 km northeast of Galatas.

Galatas

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Nafpaktia, West Central Greece, West Greece, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

38.35624° or 38° 21′ 23″ north

Longitude

21.56141° or 21° 33′ 41″ east

Population

1,060

Elevation

10 metres (33 feet)

Open location code

8GC39H46+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 286654619

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

262140

Wikidata ID

Q21571448

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Galatas” goes by many names.

Arabic: “غالاتاس”
Cebuano: “Galatás”
Egyptian Arabic: “جالاتاس”
French: “Galatás”
German: “Galatas”
Greek: “Galatás”
Greek: “Γαλατάς Αιτωλοακαρνανίας”
Greek: “Γαλατάς”
Irish: “Galatas”
Russian: “Галатас”
Swedish: “Galatás”

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