Antirrio
Antirrio is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of which it is a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,060 residents
- Description: village in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece
- Also known as: “Andírrion”, “Antirhion”, “Antirio”, and “Antirrion”
- Postal code: 30020
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rio–Antirrio bridge ‘Charilaos Trikoupis’ and Lighthouse of Antirrio.
Rio–Antirrio bridge ‘Charilaos Trikoupis’
Bridge
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rio–Antirrio Bridge, officially the Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge, is one of the world's longest multi-span cable-stayed bridges and longest of the fully suspended type.
Venetian Fortress of Rio
Castle
Photo: Plenz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rio Castle, historically known as the Castle of the Morea in opposition to its counterpart, the Castle of Rumelia at Antirrio, is located at the north tip of the Rio peninsula in Achaea, Greece, at the entrance of the Corinthian Gulf. Venetian Fortress of Rio is situated 2½ km southeast of Antirrio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Molykreio and Makyneia.
Molykreio
Village
Molykreio is a village and a community in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. The community includes the villages Ano Platanitis, Fragkaiika and Platanitis. Molykreio is situated 3 km north of Antirrio.
Makyneia
Village
Makyneia is a seaside village and a community in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. The community includes the villages Agrapidokampos, Agios Polykarpos and Riza. Makyneia is situated 3½ km northwest of Antirrio.
Aktaio
Suburb
Photo: Rio-Antirrio Ferries, CC BY 3.0.
Aktaio is a suburb, which is situated 4 km southeast of Antirrio.
Antirrio
- Category: locality
- Location: Nafpaktia, West Central Greece, West Greece, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.33103° or 38° 19′ 52″ northLongitude
21.76292° or 21° 45′ 47″ eastPopulation
1,060Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR ANTOpen location code
8GC38QJ7+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 139501773OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Antirrio” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Antirrion”
- Arabic: “أنتيريو”
- Armenian: “Անտիրիո”
- Bulgarian: “Антирио”
- Catalan: “Antírrio”
- Cebuano: “Antirrio”
- Chinese: “安迪里翁”
- Dutch: “Antirrio”
- Egyptian Arabic: “انتيريو”
- Finnish: “Antírrio”
- French: “Antirio”
- French: “Antirion”
- German: “Andirio”
- German: “Andirrio”
- Greek: “Αντίρριο Αιτωλοακαρνανίας”
- Greek: “Αντίρριο”
- Italian: “Antirrio”
- Japanese: “アンティリオ”
- Japanese: “アンディリオ”
- Latin: “Antirrhium”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Andírio”
- Polish: “Andirio”
- Polish: “Antirio”
- Romanian: “Antirrio”
- Russian: “Андирион”
- Russian: “Андрион”
- Slovenian: “Antirrio”
- Swedish: “Antirrio”
- Ukrainian: “Антіріо”
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