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Chaeronea

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Chaeronea (English: , ) is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece, located about 35 kilometers east of Delphi. The settlement was formerly known as (), and renamed to () in 1916. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Livadeia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 111.445 km2, the community is 26.995 km2. Population 993 (2021). It is located near Mount Thourion in the Cephissus river valley, NW of Thebes.

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Chaeronea is a village in Greece, situated within the Livadia Municipality. The settlement is located in the Central Greece region, also referred to as the Sterea Ellada periphery. Its native labels are Χαιρώνεια and Κάπραινα.

The village has a population of 726, though another source lists the population as 1382. It sits at an elevation of 133 meters above sea level, with other records indicating elevations of 128 and 130 meters. Chaeronea uses the postal code 32100 and the local dialing code 2261. The area is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Place details

Locality
Δημοτική Ενότητα Χαιρωνείας
Region
Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας
Country
Ελλάς
Population
993
Timezone
Europe/Athens

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Air quality

34US AQIGood
PM2.5
5.9 µg/m³
PM10
8.5 µg/m³
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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Chaeronea
Greek Dimos.name_local
Χαιρώνεια
Greek Dimos.type
municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map
DE Cheronias.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption
Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph
Central Greece
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Boeotia
Greek Dimos.municipality
Livadeia
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
993
Greek Dimos.pop_community
421
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit
111.445
Greek Dimos.area_community
26.995
Greek Dimos.elevation
130
Greek Dimos.licence
ΒΙ

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Chaeronea (English: , ) is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece, located about 35 kilometers east of Delphi. The settlement was formerly known as (), and renamed to () in 1916. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Livadeia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 111.445 km2, the community is 26.995 km2. Population 993 (2021). It is located near Mount Thourion in the Cephissus river valley, NW of Thebes.

==History== First settled in the Prehistoric period at the site now known as Magoula Balomenou (Μαγούλα Μπαλωμέν��υ), its older name was Arne, and it was originally on the shore of Lake Copais (later drained).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chaeronea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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