Aigio
Aigio, also written as Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio, is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 21,100 residents
- Description: city in Achaea, West Greece
- Also known as: “Aighion”, “Aigion”, “Aígion”, “Aíyion”, “Egio”, and “Vostitsa”
- Historically known as: “Vostítsa”, “Vostitza”, and “Vostizza”
- Postal code: 25100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Aigion and Panagia Trypiti.
Archaeological Museum of Aigion
Museum
Photo: Peloponnisios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Aigion is a museum in Aigion, Greece, was opened on August 6, 1994. Originally, the museum building served as the municipal market of Aigio.
Panagia Trypiti
Church
Photo: Markantonios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Panagia Trypiti is a historic sacred shrine of Theotokos in the town of Aigio, Greece. It is one of the most important Orthodox shrines of pilgrimage in Greece.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Selinoúntas and Rododafni.
Selinoúntas
Village
Selinountas is a village in the municipal unit of Aigio, Achaea, Greece. It is located on the right bank of the river Selinountas, about 4 km southeast of Aigio. The Greek National Road 8A passes the village in the north.
Rododafni
Village
Photo: Tony Esopi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rododafni is a town in northern Achaea, Greece. It is located on the Gulf of Corinth, 4 km northwest of Aigio and 28 km east of Patras. It was the seat of the municipality of Sympoliteia, which is a municipal unit of the municipality Aigialeia since 2011.
Temeni
Village
Temeni is a village in the municipal unit of Aigio, Achaea, Greece. It is situated between the river Selinountas and the Gulf of Corinth, 4 km southeast of Aigio town centre and 1 km west of Valimitika. The spring water Avra is manufactured near Temeni.
Aigio
- Category: locality
- Location: Aigialeia, Achaea, West Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.25057° or 38° 15′ 2″ northLongitude
22.08529° or 22° 5′ 7″ eastPopulation
21,100Elevation
70 metres (230 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR AENOpen location code
8GC4732P+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 300808140OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Aigio” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Aigio”
- Albanian: “Voshtica”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Αἴγιον”
- Arabic: “إيغيو”
- Armenian: “Էյոն”
- Asturian: “Aigio”
- Basque: “Aigio”
- Bulgarian: “Егио”
- Catalan: “Ègio”
- Catalan: “Ègion”
- Cebuano: “Aígio”
- Chinese: “艾伊奥”
- Chinese: “艾伊奧”
- Dutch: “Aegium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايجيو”
- Estonian: “Aígio”
- Finnish: “Aígio”
- French: “Aigion”
- French: “Egio”
- Galician: “Aigio”
- German: “Ägion”
- German: “Egio”
- Greek: “Αίγιο”
- Greek: “Αίγιον”
- Greek: “Βοστίτσα” (historical)
- Hungarian: “Aigion”
- Hungarian: “Éijo”
- Hungarian: “Éjio”
- Indonesian: “Aigion”
- Irish: “Aigio”
- Italian: “Aigio”
- Italian: “Egio”
- Italian: “Egion”
- Japanese: “アイーギオ”
- Japanese: “エギオ”
- Korean: “에요”
- Latin: “Aegium”
- Lithuanian: “Aigijus”
- Lombard: “Aigio”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Éjo”
- Persian: “اژیون”
- Polish: “Ejo”
- Portuguese: “Aigio”
- Portuguese: “Égio”
- Romanian: “Aegion”
- Russian: “Эгио”
- Russian: “Эгион”
- Russian: “Эйо”
- Russian: “Эйон”
- Serbian: “Егио”
- Silesian: “Aigio”
- Spanish: “Egio”
- Swedish: “Aígio”
- Turkish: “Aigio”
- Turkish: “Aigion”
- Ukrainian: “Егіо”
- Urdu: “آئیو”
- “Aigio”
- “Vostitsa”
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