Neraida
Neraida is a village and community in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. The town is notable for being the location of the Battle of Menina in August 1944.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 291 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Also known as: “Menina”, “Menina, Thesprotia”, and “Neraida, Thesprotia”
- Postal code: 46200
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paramythia and Parapotamos.
Paramythia
Town
Photo: Evilemperorzorg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paramythia is a town and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Souli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Paramythia is situated 9 km southeast of Neraida.
Parapotamos
Village
Parapotamos is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. Parapotamos is situated 10 km west of Neraida.
Neraida
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Souli, Thesprotia, Epirus, Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.52439° or 39° 31′ 28″ northLongitude
20.43475° or 20° 26′ 5″ eastPopulation
291Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)Open location code
8GF2GCFM+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 248817416OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11468540Wikidata ID
Q15088660
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Turkish—“Neraida” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Minina”
- Dutch: “Neraida”
- German: “Menina”
- German: “Neraida (Thesprotia)”
- German: “Neraida”
- Greek: “Μενίνα”
- Greek: “Νεράιδα Θεσπρωτίας”
- Greek: “Νεράιδα”
- Irish: “Neraida”
- Pontic: “Μενίνα”
- Russian: “Нераида”
- Turkish: “Menika”
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