Avia
Avia is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Mani, of which it is a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 281 residents
- Description: modern village in Messenia, Greece
- Also known as: “Avia, Messenia”
- Historically known as: “Palaiokhóra” and “Paliochora”
- Postal code: 24100
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mikri Mantineia and Megali Mantineia.
Mikri Mantineia
Hamlet
Mikri Mantineia is a seaside village in the municipality of Kalamata, Messenia, Greece. It is situated at 20 m above sea level, on the northeastern shore of the Gulf of Messenia.
Megali Mantineia
Village
Megali Mantineia is a mountain settlement in the municipal unit of Avia, Messenia, Greece. It sits at 200m above sea level, 2 km southeast of Avia, 3 km south of Mikri Mantineia and 10 km southeast of Kalamata.
Kitries
Village
Photo: PLAKLE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kitries is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Avia.
Avia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: West Mani, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.96594° or 36° 57′ 57″ northLongitude
22.14254° or 22° 8′ 33″ eastPopulation
281Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
8G84X48V+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 1736373116OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
264329Wikidata ID
Q16322589
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Avia” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Àbia”
- Finnish: “Avía”
- French: “Avía”
- Greek: “Αβία Μεσσηνίας”
- Greek: “Αβία”
- Greek: “Παληόχωρα” (historical)
- Italian: “Avia (Peloponneso)”
- Italian: “Avia”
- Japanese: “アヴィア”
- Latin: “Abia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avía i Messinía”
- Romanian: “Avia (Grecia)”
- Romanian: “Avia”
- Russian: “Авиа”
- Russian: “Авия”
- Spanish: “Abia”
- Swedish: “Avía”
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