Akraifnio
Akraifnio, before 1933 known as Karditsa, is a village in Boeotia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Akraifnia, which is a municipal unit of the municipality Orchomenos since the 2011 local government reform.- Type: Village with 1,260 residents
- Description: village in Viotia, Greece
- Also known as: “Akrefnio”, “Karditsa”, and “Καρδίτσα”
- Postal code: 32200
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sanctuary of Ptoios Apollo.
Sanctuary of Ptoios Apollo
Archaeological site
Ptoion is a mountain chain in northeastern Boiotia. It stretches from Akraiphia by the former Lake Copais in the west to the Gulf of Euboea in the east, reaching up to 725 m in the west and 781 m in the east. Sanctuary of Ptoios Apollo is situated 2½ km east of Akraifnio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kástron.
Akraifnio
- Category: locality
- Location: Orchomenos, Boeotia, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.45596° or 38° 27′ 21″ north
Longitude
23.21976° or 23° 13′ 11″ east
Population
1,260
Elevation
198 metres (650 feet)
Open location code
8GC5F649+9W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Russian—“Akraifnio” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kardica”
- Bulgarian: “Акрефнион”
- Dutch: “Akraifnio”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اكرايفنيو”
- Finnish: “Akraífnio”
- French: “Akrefnio”
- French: “Akréfnio”
- German: “Akrefnio”
- Greek: “Ακραίφνιο Βοιωτίας”
- Greek: “Ακραίφνιο”
- Latin: “Acraephnium”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akréfnio”
- Russian: “Акрефнион”
- “Akraífnio”
- “Akréfnio”
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