Poseidonia
Poseidonia is a village and a former municipality on the island of Syros, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Syros-Ermoupoli, of which it is a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stefanougeorg, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 760 residents
- Description: village on Syros island, Greece
- Also known as: “Posidonia”
- Postal code: 84100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Agathopes and Galissas Beach.
Galissas Beach
Beach
Photo: Olavfin, Public domain.
Galissas Beach is situated 4 km north of Poseidonia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Finikas and Megas Gialos Varis.
Chrousa
Village
Chrousa is a settlement on the south side of the island of Syros and is 8.5 km from the island capital Ermoupoli. In Chrousa we find traditional newly built houses, villas and old majestic mansions, while in relation to various islands of the Cyclades, where the landscapes are dry and deserted, there is quite dense vegetation in the specific village. Chrousa is situated 3 km northeast of Poseidonia.
Poseidonia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Syros, Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.38833° or 37° 23′ 18″ northLongitude
24.89104° or 24° 53′ 28″ eastPopulation
760Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
8G969VQR+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 1846917026OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7302528Wikidata ID
Q3560409
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Russian—“Poseidonia” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Posidonia”
- Czech: “Poseidonia”
- Dutch: “Poseidonia”
- Finnish: “Poseidonía”
- French: “Delangrátsia”
- French: “Posidonía”
- French: “Possidonía”
- Greek: “Ποσειδωνία Σύρου”
- Greek: “Ποσειδωνία”
- Irish: “Poseidonia”
- Italian: “Poseidonia”
- Japanese: “ポシドニア”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Posidonía”
- Russian: “Посидония”
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