Eleusina

Eleusina, also known as Elefsina or Eleusis is a suburban town in , the historic region of Athens city-state, just northwest of .
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  • Type: Town with 25,900 residents
  • Description: modern city in West Attica, Greece
  • Also known as: Elefis”, “Elefsina”, “Eleusis”, and “Lepsina
  • Postal code: 19200

Places of Interest

Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Eleusis and Saint Zacharias church.

Museum
The Archeological Museum of Eleusis is a in Eleusis, , . The museum is located inside the archaeological site of Eleusis. Built in 1890, by the plans of the German architect Kaverau, to keep the findings of the excavations, and after two years was extended under the plans of the Greek architect J.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Magoula and Mandra.

Town
is a suburban town of and former community of West Attica, located in the Thriasio Plain. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Elefsina, of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 3½ km north of Eleusina.

Town
is a town, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Eleusina.

Eleusina

Latitude
38.0476° or 38° 2′ 51″ north
Longitude
23.5349° or 23° 32′ 6″ east
Population
25,900
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR FLS
Open location code
8GC52GXM+2W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26490651
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
262752
Wiki­data ID
Q204905
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Eleusina” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Eleusis
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἐλευσίς
  • Arabic: إلفسيس
  • Arabic: إلفسينا
  • Arabic: إليفسيس
  • Arabic: إليفسينا
  • Arabic: إليوسيس، أتيكي
  • Armenian: Էլևսին
  • Armenian: Էլեֆսիս
  • Asturian: Eleusis
  • Azerbaijani: Elefsis
  • Basque: Eleusis
  • Belarusian: Элефсіс
  • Breton: Elefsina
  • Bulgarian: Елевзина
  • Bulgarian: Елевсина
  • Bulgarian: Елефсина
  • Catalan: Eleusis
  • Cebuano: Elefsína (kapital sa munisipyo sa Gresya)
  • Cebuano: Elefsína
  • Cebuano: Eleusis
  • Chinese: 厄琉息斯
  • Chinese: 埃莱夫西纳
  • Chinese: 埃萊夫西納
  • Chinese: 艾烈夫士拿
  • Croatian: Eleusina
  • Czech: Eleusina
  • Czech: Eleusína
  • Czech: Eleusis
  • Danish: Eleusis
  • Dutch: Elefsina
  • Dutch: Elefsína
  • Dutch: Eleusis
  • Egyptian Arabic: اليوسيس
  • Esperanto: Eleŭziso
  • Estonian: Elefsína
  • Finnish: Elefsina
  • Finnish: Eleusis
  • French: Elefsina
  • French: Eleusis
  • French: Éleusis
  • Galician: Eleusis
  • German: Elefsina
  • German: Eleusina
  • German: Eleusis
  • Greek: Elefsína
  • Greek: Elefsís
  • Greek: Elevsís
  • Greek: Ελευσίνα
  • Greek: Ελευσίς
  • Hebrew: אלאוסיס
  • Hebrew: אלפסינה
  • Hebrew: אלפסיס
  • Hungarian: Elefszína
  • Ido: Eleusis
  • Indonesian: Eleusina
  • Indonesian: Eleusis
  • Interlingue: Eleusis
  • Irish: Eileoisis
  • Italian: Elefsina
  • Italian: Eleusi
  • Italian: Eleusina
  • Italian: Eleusis
  • Japanese: エレウシース
  • Japanese: エレウシス
  • Japanese: エレウシスの秘儀
  • Japanese: エレフシナ
  • Kazakh: Элефсин
  • Korean: 엘레우시스
  • Korean: 엘레프시나
  • Kurdish: Eleusîs
  • Latin: Eleusin
  • Latin: Eleusis
  • Latvian: Elefsina
  • Lithuanian: Elefsina
  • Lithuanian: Eleusinas
  • Macedonian: Елевсина
  • Macedonian: Елефсина
  • Malay: Eleusis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Elefsina
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Elefsis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Eleusina
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Eleusis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Elevsina
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Elevsis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Elefsina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Eleusina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Eleusis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Elevsína
  • Norwegian: Eleusis
  • Ossetian: Элефсис
  • Persian: الوزیس
  • Polish: Elefsina
  • Polish: Eleusis
  • Polish: Eleusys
  • Polish: Eleuzis
  • Polish: Eleuzys
  • Portuguese: Eleusis
  • Portuguese: Elêusis
  • Romanian: Eleusina
  • Romanian: Eleusis
  • Russian: Элевсин
  • Russian: Элевсис
  • Russian: Элефсис
  • Serbian: Elefsina
  • Serbian: Ελευσίνα
  • Serbian: Елеусина
  • Serbian: Елефсина
  • Serbo-Croatian: Elefsina
  • Serbo-Croatian: Eleusina
  • Serbo-Croatian: Eleuzina
  • Silesian: Eleusis
  • Slovak: Elefsina
  • Slovak: Eleusina
  • Slovak: Eleusis
  • Slovenian: Elevzina
  • Spanish: Elefsina
  • Spanish: Eleusina
  • Spanish: Eleusino
  • Spanish: Eleusis
  • Swedish: Elefsina
  • Swedish: Eleusis
  • Swedish: Lefsina
  • Tagalog: Eleusis
  • Tamil: எலியூசிஸ்
  • Turkish: Elefsis
  • Turkish: Eleusis
  • Ukrainian: Елевсин
  • Ukrainian: Елевсін
  • Ukrainian: Елефсин
  • Ukrainian: Елефсін
  • Ukrainian: Елефсіс
  • Urdu: ایلیوسیس
  • Vietnamese: Elefsina
  • Yue Chinese: 艾烈夫士拿

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