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Agios Nikolaos

Elounda

Elounda, alternatively transliterated as Elounta or Elouda, is a small town on the northern coast of the island of , . It is part of the municipality of Agios Nikolaos.
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  • Type: Village with 1,730 residents
  • Description: village in Lasithi, Crete, Greece
  • Also known as: “Elouda”, “Elounta”, “Schisma Eloundas”, and “Schisma Elountas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Olous.

Archaeological site
Photo: Mietek Ł, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Olus was a city of ancient Crete; now sunken, it was situated at the site of present day town of Elounda, , . According to the Stadiasmus Maris Magni, it had a harbour and was located 260 stadia from Chersonasus and 15 stadia from Camara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plaka.

Hamlet
Photo: Prekario, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , . It is part of the community Vrouchas, in the municipality of . It neighbours the town of Elounda and is close to the historical island of . is situated 4 km north of Elounda.

Elounda

Latitude
35.2619° or 35° 15′ 43″ north
Longitude
25.7209° or 25° 43′ 15″ east
Population
1,730
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
8G777P6C+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5204753592
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
262701
Wiki­data ID
Q1333250
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Elounda” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Elounda”
  • Catalan: “Elunda”
  • Cebuano: “Eloúnda”
  • Dutch: “Elounda”
  • Esperanto: “Elounda”
  • Finnish: “Eloúnta”
  • Finnish: “Schisma Eloundas”
  • French: “Eloúnda”
  • German: “Elounda”
  • German: “Schisma Eloundas”
  • Greek: “Ελούντα Λασιθίου”
  • Greek: “Ελούντα”
  • Greek: “Σχίσμα Ελούντας”
  • Hungarian: “Elounda”
  • Hungarian: “Elunda”
  • Italian: “Elounda”
  • Polish: “Elounda”
  • Polish: “Elunda”
  • Portuguese: “Elounda”
  • Portuguese: “Elunda”
  • Russian: “Элунда”
  • Slovak: “Elunda”
  • Slovenian: “Elounda”
  • Spanish: “Elunda”
  • Swedish: “Eloúnda”
  • Ukrainian: “Елунда”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Elounda”. Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.