Piraeus

Piraeus is a locality in , . Piraeus is situated near the locality , as well as near .
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  • Type: Locality with 164,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Athens, Greece
  • Also known as: “Municipality of Pireas”, “Občina Pireas”, “Piraeus Municipality”, “Δήμος Πειραιώς”, “ном Пірей”, and “община Пирей”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Railway Museum Athens and Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.

Museum
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The Railway Museum of Athens, Greece, was founded by the Hellenic Railways Organisation in 1978.

Museum
The is a museum…

Theater building
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The Piraeus Municipal Theatre is a neoclassical…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Piraeus and Palaio Faliro.

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The is the ancient port of , and still…

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is a municipality in on the Saronic Gulf coast.

Suburb
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, known before 1940 as Kokkinia, is a town and…

Piraeus

Latitude
37.947° or 37° 56′ 49″ north
Longitude
23.645° or 23° 38′ 42″ east
Population
164,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8G95WJWW+R2
Geo­Names ID
8133777
Wiki­data ID
Q12875755
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Welsh—“Piraeus” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Пірэй”
  • Catalan: “Municipalitat del Pireu”
  • Cebuano: “Dimos Piraeus”
  • Czech: “Pireus”
  • Dutch: “Piraeus”
  • French: “dème du Pirée”
  • French: “Dème du Pirée”
  • German: “Pireas”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Πειραιά”
  • Greek: “Πειραιώς”
  • Ido: “Municipo Pireus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pireus”
  • Polish: “Pireus”
  • Russian: “Пирей”
  • Slovak: “Pireus”
  • Slovenian: “Občina Pirej”
  • Swedish: “Dimos Piraeus”
  • Turkish: “Pire belediyesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Пірей (ном)”
  • Vietnamese: “Pireas”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Piraeus”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Plateia Ippodameias and Piraeus Center.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Piraeus Theoxenia Hotel and Piraeus Harbour.

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