Emporeio
Emporeio, also known as Nimborios, is a village on the island of Santorini, Greece. It is located 12 km from Fira, near the Profitis Ilias Mountains. According to the 2021 census, the community of Emporio has 3,704 permanent inhabitants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,950 residents
- Description: village in Thira, Greece
- Also known as: “Emborio”, “Emboríon”, “Emporeio, Santorini”, “Emporeíon”, “Emporio”, and “Nimborios”
- Postal code: 84703
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vlychada and Moni Profiti Ilia (Santorini).
Vlychada
Photo: ArticCynda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vlychada is a fishing village on the southern shore of Thira, the largest island in the Santorini archipelago. It is the largest coastal settlement on the south coast, and has the only marina of significance in the archipelago.
Moni Profiti Ilia (Santorini)
Church
Photo: SteliosA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moni Profiti Ilia (Santorini) is a church.
Tomato Industrial Museum
Museum
Photo: Lajmmoore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tomato Industrial Museum "D. Nomikos" is an industrial museum in Vlychada on the island of Santorini in Greece. It was founded as a tomato paste factory in 1945 but closed in 1981.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Perissa and Megalochori.
Perissa
Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Perissa is a sea-side village on the eastern shore of Thira, the largest island in the Santorini archipelago. It has a long black sand beach, which stretches to the neighbouring municipalities Perivolos and Agios Georgios with a near-continuous line of bars, hotels, and restaurants parallel with the beach.
Megalochori
Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Megalochori is a quiet traditional village in the heart of Santorini, sitting on a hill facing east. The roads narrow as you get closer to the village, a mixture of cream and white Cycladic houses with contrasting colourful wooden doors.
Pyrgos
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pyrgos is a town in central Thira, the largest island of the Santorini archipelago in the Cyclades islands of Greece. It is home to one of 5 Venetian castles that were built on the island to defend it against invaders.
Emporeio
- Category: locality
- Location: Santorini, Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.35717° or 36° 21′ 26″ northLongitude
25.44612° or 25° 26′ 46″ eastPopulation
1,950Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)Open location code
8G879C4W+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 330428509OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
262696Wikidata ID
Q8723418
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Emporeio” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إمبوريون، كيكلاديس”
- Arabic: “إمبوريون”
- Cebuano: “Emporeío”
- Chinese: “恩波里奥”
- Dutch: “Emporeion”
- Egyptian Arabic: “امپوريون”
- Finnish: “Emporeío”
- French: “Emborío”
- French: “Emporío”
- Greek: “Εμπορείο Θήρας”
- Greek: “Εμπορείο”
- Greek: “Εμπορείον”
- Japanese: “エンポレイオ”
- Polish: “Emporio (Santoryn)”
- Polish: “Emporio”
- Russian: “Эмборион”
- Swedish: “Emporeío”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Agios Georgios and Vlychada.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church with bell tower and Venetian Castle of Emporio.
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