Demre
Sign in to savethumb|400px|Demre, Kumluca and the [[Turkish Riviera from space ]] Demre is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 329 km2, and its population is 27,691 (2022). It was named after the river Demre.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Demre
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Myra-south-necropolis.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Myra Rock Tombs, Demre
- Turkey place.image_map
- Antalya location Demre.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Demre District in Antalya Province
- Turkey place.province
- Antalya
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Fahri Duran
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 329
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 10
- Turkey place.population_total
- 27691
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 07570
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0242
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thumb|400px|Demre, Kumluca and the [[Turkish Riviera from space ]] Demre is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 329 km2, and its population is 27,691 (2022). It was named after the river Demre.
Demre is the Lycian town of Myra, the home of Saint Nicholas of Myra. The district was known as Kale until it was renamed in 2005. A substantial Christian community of Greeks lived in Demre until the 1920s when they migrated to Greece as part of the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey. A small population of Turkish farmers moved into the region when the Greeks migrated. The region is popular with tourists today, particularly Christian pilgrims who visit the tomb of Saint Nicholas.