Demre

Demre is a town in on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, with a population of 27,700 in 2022. It stands over the ruins of ancient Myra, where Saint Nicholas was bishop in the 4th century AD.
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  • Type: Town with 27,200 residents
  • Description: district of Turkey
  • Also known as: “Dembre”, “Eynihal”, “Gökyazı”, “Kale”, “Myra”, “Temre”, and “Zümrütkaya”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Nicholas and Myra.

Museum
Photo: Rigorius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church is an ancient East Roman basilica church in the ancient city of which had been in use until the local Greeks had to leave in 1922, and is now a museum located in modern Demre, , .

Photo: Elelicht, CC BY 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beymelek and Köşkerler.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, , . Its population is 3,708. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, , . Its population is 2,282. is 3 kilometres from the town of Demre. is situated 4 km north of Demre.

Demre

Latitude
36.2446° or 36° 14′ 40″ north
Longitude
29.9876° or 29° 59′ 15″ east
Population
27,200
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8G8F6XVQ+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 51995506
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
295781
Wiki­data ID
Q188950
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Demre” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دمرة”
  • Asturian: “Demre (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Demre”
  • Bulgarian: “Демре”
  • Catalan: “Demre”
  • Cebuano: “Demre İlçesi”
  • Chechen: “Демре”
  • Chinese: “Demre”
  • Chinese: “代姆雷”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Demre”
  • Dutch: “Demre”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دمره”
  • Esperanto: “Demre”
  • Finnish: “Demre”
  • Finnish: “Kale”
  • French: “Demre”
  • Gagauz: “Demre”
  • Galician: “Demre”
  • German: “Demre”
  • Gilaki: “دمره”
  • Greek: “Ντεμρέ”
  • Hebrew: “דמרה”
  • Hungarian: “Demre”
  • Irish: “Demre”
  • Italian: “Demre”
  • Italian: “Kale”
  • Japanese: “デムレ”
  • Lak: “Демре”
  • Lithuanian: “Demrė”
  • Malay: “Demre”
  • Mazanderani: “دمره”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Demre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Demre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Demre”
  • Norwegian: “Demre”
  • Persian: “دمره”
  • Polish: “Demre”
  • Romanian: “Demre”
  • Russian: “Демре”
  • Russian: “Кале”
  • Rusyn: “Демре”
  • Serbian: “Демре”
  • Slovak: “Demre”
  • Slovenian: “Demre”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دمره”
  • Spanish: “Demre”
  • Swahili: “Demre”
  • Swedish: “Demre”
  • Tatar: “Демре”
  • Turkish: “Demre”
  • Turkish: “Kale”
  • Ukrainian: “Демре”
  • Urdu: “دمرہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Demre”
  • Vietnamese: “Kale”
  • Western Mari: “Демре”
  • Western Mari: “Кале”
  • “Demre”
  • “Demre ilçesi”

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