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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  • Town with about 25,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
  • Description: district of Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Eynihal”
    “Gökyazı”
  • Historically known as
    “Dembre”
    “Kale”
    “Myra”
    “Temre”
    “Zümrütkaya”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Discover St. Nicholas and Myra.
Church is an ancient East Roman basilica…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beymelek and Köşkerler.
Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, , .
Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, , .
4 km north of Demre
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Latitude
36.2446° or 36° 14′ 40″ north
Longitude
29.9876° or 29° 59′ 15″ east
Open location code
8G8F6XVQ+R2
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Demre” goes by many names.
دمرةArabic
DemreAsturian
Demre (distritu)Asturian
ДемреBulgarian
DemreCatalan
Demre İlçesiCebuano
ДемреChechen
代姆雷Chinese
DemreDimli (individual language)
DemreDutch
دمرهEgyptian Arabic
DemreEsperanto
DemreFinnish
KaleFinnish
DemreGagauz
DemreGalician
دمرهGilaki
ΝτεμρέGreek
דמרהHebrew
DemreHungarian
DemreIrish
DemreItalian
KaleItalian
デムレJapanese
ДемреLak
DemrėLithuanian
DemreMalay
دمرهMazanderani
DemreMin Nan Chinese
DemreNorwegian
DemreNorwegian Bokmål
DemreNorwegian Nynorsk
دمرهPersian
DemrePolish
DemreRomanian
ДемреRussian
КалеRussian
ДемреRusyn
ДемреSerbian
DemreSlovak
DemreSlovenian
دمرهSouth Azerbaijani
DemreSwahili
DemreSwedish
ДемреTatar
DemreTurkish
KaleTurkish
ДемреUkrainian
دمرہUrdu
DemreVietnamese
KaleVietnamese
ДемреWestern Mari
КалеWestern Mari

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gökyazı and Büyükkum.
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