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Lechaio

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Lechaio () is a village in the municipal unit of Assos-Lechaio in Corinthia, Greece. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth, 8 km west of Corinth and 12 km southeast of Kiato. The Greek National Road 8 passes through the town. It had a railway station on the Piraeus–Patras railway, but passenger service on this line was halted in 2009.

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Place details

Locality
Δημοτική Ενότητα Άσσου - Λεχαίου
Region
Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου
Country
Ελλάς
Population
2,672
Timezone
Europe/Athens

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PM10
12.1 µg/m³
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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Lechaio
Greek Dimos.name_local
Λέχαιο
Greek Dimos.type
community
Greek Dimos.periph
Peloponnese
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Corinthia
Greek Dimos.municipality
Corinth
Greek Dimos.municunit
Assos-Lechaio
Greek Dimos.pop_community
2672
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.postal_code
20 006
Greek Dimos.area_code
27410
Greek Dimos.licence
ΚΡ
Greek Dimos.image_skyline
Q20552590.jpg

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
Λέχαιον
Country
Greece
Population
1195
Elevation
16
Image
Q20552590.jpg
Dialing code
2741
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Commons category
Lechaion
postal code
20006
native label
Λέχαιον
replaces
Lechaeum
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Historical population
  • History
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Lechaio () is a village in the municipal unit of Assos-Lechaio in Corinthia, Greece. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth, 8 km west of Corinth and 12 km southeast of Kiato. The Greek National Road 8 passes through the town. It had a railway station on the Piraeus–Patras railway, but passenger service on this line was halted in 2009.

==Historical population==

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

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