Eretria
Eretria is a town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important Greek polis in the 6th and 5th century BC, mentioned by many famous writers and actively involved in significant historical events.
- Type: Town with 4,100 residents
- Description: town in Euboea, Greece
- Also known as: “Arótria”, “Eretrie”, “Erétrie”, “Nea Psara”, “Néa Psará”, “Néa-Psara”, “Αρότρια”, “Νέα Ψαρά”, “Арοтриа”, “Еритрея”, “Еритрія”, “Неа ПСара”, and “எரீட்ரியா”
- Postal code: 34008
Places of Interest
Highlights: Archaeological Museum of Eretria and Ancient theatre of Eretria.
Eretria
- Category: locality
- Location: Eretria, Euboea, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.3923° or 38° 23′ 32″ north
Longitude
23.7953° or 23° 47′ 43″ east
Population
4,100
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
UN/LOCODE
GR ERE
Open location code
8GC59QRW+W4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Eretria” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إرتريا”
- Assamese: “এৰিট্ৰিয়া”
- Asturian: “Eretria”
- Basque: “Eretria”
- Belarusian: “Эрэтрыя”
- Bulgarian: “Еретрия”
- Catalan: “Erètria”
- Cebuano: “Eretria”
- Cebuano: “Erétria”
- Chinese: “埃雷特里亚”
- Chinese: “埃雷特里亞”
- Croatian: “Eretrija”
- Dutch: “Eretria”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اريتريا”
- Finnish: “Eretria”
- Finnish: “Erétria”
- French: “Érétrie”
- Galician: “Eretria”
- Georgian: “ერეტრია”
- German: “Eretria”
- Greek: “Ερέτρια”
- Hebrew: “ארטריה”
- Indonesian: “Eretria”
- Italian: “Eretria”
- Japanese: “エレトリア”
- Korean: “에레트리아”
- Latin: “Eretria”
- Lithuanian: “Eretrija”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eretria”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Erétria”
- Norwegian: “Eretria”
- Persian: “ارتریا”
- Polish: “Eretria”
- Portuguese: “Erétria”
- Romanian: “Eretria (Evia)”
- Romanian: “Eretria”
- Russian: “Еретриа”
- Russian: “Эретрия”
- Serbian: “Eretrija”
- Serbian: “Еретрија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Eretrija”
- Slovak: “Eretria”
- Slovenian: “Eretria”
- Spanish: “Eretria”
- Swedish: “Eretria”
- Swedish: “Erétria”
- Tamil: “எரீத்திரியா”
- Turkish: “Eretria”
- Ukrainian: “Еретрія”
- Vietnamese: “Eretria”
- Welsh: “Eretria”
- Western Armenian: “Էրեթրիա”
- “Erétria”
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