Q15935757
Sign in to saveOktonia is a hillside village found in the east-central area of Euboea Island, belonging to the municipality of Kymi-Aliveri, Greece. Located near the lower side of the Gulf of Kymi, the village is composed of four settlements: Alonia, Panochori (the upper village), Katochori (the lower village) and Panagia, covering a large area. It is 145 km from Athens, a distance covered in about 2.5 hours by car. According to the census of 2021, the community of Oktonia, which also includes the villages Agios Merkourios and Mourteri, has 519 permanent inhabitants.
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Place details
- Locality
- Οκτωνιά
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 519
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Official website
Οκτωνιά Ευβοίας - Οκτωνιά Ευβοίας | Αρχική
Η Οκτωνιά είναι ημιορεινό χωριό του ∆ήµου Κύµης - Αλιβερίου, το οποίο βρίσκεται στην κέντρο-ανατολική Εύβοια, στην κάτω πλευρά του κόλπου της Κύμης.
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History and origins
- Oktonia today
- Geography and natural environment
- Geographical location
- Climate
- Agriculture, stock-breeding and fishing
- Interesting sites and leisure activities
- Picturesque communities and their natural springs (fountains)
- St. Demetrios of the Waterfall
- Kastri and the historic castle (Kastro)
- Byzantine and post-Byzantine churches (15th and 16th centuries)
- New churches
- Beaches
- Cape Punta sea caves
- Mountain destinations
- Sources of the original Greek
- References
- External links
Oktonia is a hillside village found in the east-central area of Euboea Island, belonging to the municipality of Kymi-Aliveri, Greece. Located near the lower side of the Gulf of Kymi, the village is composed of four settlements: Alonia, Panochori (the upper village), Katochori (the lower village) and Panagia, covering a large area. It is 145 km from Athens, a distance covered in about 2.5 hours by car. According to the census of 2021, the community of Oktonia, which also includes the villages Agios Merkourios and Mourteri, has 519 permanent inhabitants.
==History and origins== The area of Oktonia has been inhabited since antiquity. The geographer Strabon (64 or 63 BC-c. 24 AD) wrote about Ochalia, a settlement apparently in the same location according to many scholars. Research indicates that there was a temple dedicated to Chthonia Demetra, the goddess Demetra who was the protector of the earth (chthon), and more specifically, agriculture and agricultural production.
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