Illinois
St. Clair
New Athens Township

New Athens

New Athens is a village in , , . Based upon common usage, the 'A' is always sounded with a long vowel, rather than a short vowel, by its residents, unlike the most commonly used English pronunciation of the .
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  • Type: Village with 1,960 residents
  • Description: village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Athens”, “New Athens, IL”, and “New Athens, Illinois”
  • Postal code: 62264

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fayetteville.

Village
is a village on the in , , United States. The population was 384 at the 2000 census. is situated 6 miles northeast of New Athens.

New Athens

Latitude
38.32644° or 38° 19′ 35″ north
Longitude
-89.87705° or 89° 52′ 37″ west
Population
1,960
Elevation
397 feet (121 metres)
Open location code
86CG84GF+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153519945
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4245463
Wiki­data ID
Q1958857
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“New Athens” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نيو أثنس”
  • Basque: “New Athens”
  • Catalan: “New Athens”
  • Cebuano: “New Athens”
  • Chinese: “New Athens”
  • Chinese: “新雅典 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “新雅典”
  • Dutch: “New Athens”
  • French: “New Athens”
  • German: “New Athens”
  • Gilaki: “نيۊ آتنز (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “نيۊ آتنز”
  • Haitian: “New Athens, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “New Athens”
  • Italian: “New Athens”
  • Ladin: “New Athens”
  • Mazanderani: “نیو ایتهنز (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “نیو ایتهنز”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “New Athens”
  • Newari: “न्यु एथेन्स, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “न्यु एथेन्स”
  • Polish: “New Athens”
  • Portuguese: “New Athens”
  • Serbian: “Њу Атенс”
  • Serbian: “Њу Ејтенс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “New Athens, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “New Athens”
  • Spanish: “New Athens”
  • Swedish: “New Athens, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “New Athens”
  • Turkish: “New Athens, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “New Athens”
  • Ukrainian: “Нью-Ейтенз”
  • Urdu: “نیو ایتھنز، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “نیو ایتھنز”
  • Vietnamese: “New Athens, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “New Athens”
  • Volapük: “New Athens”
  • Welsh: “New Athens, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “New Athens”

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