Apokoronas
Apokoronas is a municipality and a former province in the Chania regional unit, north-west Crete, Greece. It is situated on the north coast of Crete, to the east of Chania itself.- Type: Locality with 12,100 residents
- Description: municipality in Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Apokoronas Municipality”, “Dímos Apokorónou”, “Municipality of Apokoronas”, and “Municipio de Apokorono”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vryses and Nipos.
Vryses
Village
Vryses is a village in Crete, Greece, and the seat of the municipality of Apokoronas.
Nipos
Village
Nipos or Nippos is a village in Chania regional unit and is 33 km away from the city of Chania.
Fres
Village
Fres is a village and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Fres is situated 5 km west of Apokoronas.
Apokoronas
- Category: municipality of Greece
- Location: Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.3698° or 35° 22′ 11″ north
Longitude
24.1941° or 24° 11′ 39″ east
Population
12,100
Elevation
74 metres (243 feet)
Open location code
8G76959V+WJ
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Apokoronas” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Apokóronas”
- Cebuano: “Dimos Apokoronas”
- Chinese: “阿波科罗纳斯”
- Czech: “Apokoronas”
- Dutch: “Apokoronas”
- Finnish: “Apokorónas”
- Finnish: “Apokóronas”
- French: “Apokóronas”
- French: “dème d’Apokóronas”
- German: “Apokoronas”
- Greek: “Αποκορώνου”
- Greek: “Δήμος Αποκορώνου”
- Ido: “Municipo Apokoronas”
- Italian: “Apokoronas”
- Japanese: “アポコロナス”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Apokóronas”
- Polish: “Apokoronas”
- Polish: “Apokoronu”
- Portuguese: “Apocórona”
- Russian: “Апокоронас”
- Slovak: “Apokoronas”
- Spanish: “Apokóronas”
- Spanish: “municipio de Apokoronas”
- Swedish: “Dimos Apokoronas”
- Turkish: “Apokoron belediyesi”
- Turkish: “Apokoron”
- Urdu: “اپوکوروناس”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Apokoronas”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Petroulídes and Filippos.
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Highlights: Kefála and Kefália.
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