Aegina

Aegina is one of the , a triangle 11 km on each side. It's the closest island to Athens, reached in barely an hour by ferry, and in 2011 had a population of 13,056.
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  • Type: Town with 7,250 residents
  • Description: town on the homonymous island in Greece
  • Also known as: “Aíyina”
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Governor’s House and Folklore Museum Aegina.

Museum
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is a museum.

Museum
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Historic building
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is a historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kypseli and Vathy.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Aegina.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Aegina.

Locality
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Paliachora, also known as Palaia Chora and is an abandoned Medieval settlement on , one of the islands off the coast of in . is situated 5 km east of Aegina.

Aegina

Latitude
37.7467° or 37° 44′ 48″ north
Longitude
23.43063° or 23° 25′ 50″ east
Population
7,250
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR AEG
Open location code
8G95PCWJ+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 229848335
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
265502
Wiki­data ID
Q3720429
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Aegina” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Էգինա”
  • Asturian: “Aegina”
  • Azerbaijani: “Egina (şəhər)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Egina”
  • Breton: “Aigina (kêr)”
  • Breton: “Aigina”
  • Catalan: “Egina”
  • Cebuano: “Aegina”
  • Czech: “Aigina”
  • Dutch: “Aegina”
  • Dutch: “Égine”
  • Estonian: “Aigina”
  • Estonian: “Aígina”
  • Finnish: “Aígina (kunta)”
  • Finnish: “Aígina”
  • French: “Égine”
  • German: “Ägina”
  • German: “Aigina”
  • Greek: “Aígina”
  • Greek: “Αίγινα”
  • Greek: “Χώρα Αίγινας”
  • Ido: “Municipo Aigina”
  • Ido: “Municipo Egina”
  • Italian: “Egina”
  • Korean: “에기나”
  • Polish: “Egina”
  • Romanian: “Eghina”
  • Russian: “Эгина”
  • Sicilian: “Egina”
  • Slovenian: “Egina”
  • Spanish: “Aegina”
  • Spanish: “Egina”
  • Swedish: “Aegina, Dimos Aegina”
  • Swedish: “Aegina”
  • Ukrainian: “Егіна”
  • Welsh: “Aegina”
  • Western Armenian: “Էղինա”

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Notable Places Nearby

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