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Chaeronea
Sign in to saveChaeronea (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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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Χαιρωνείας
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 993
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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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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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 556
- Elevation
- 133
- Official website
- www.heronia.gr
- Image
- Chaironeia lion.JPG
- Dialing code
- 2261
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- Commons category
- Chaeronea
- native label
- Χαιρώνεια
- postal code
- 32100
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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).
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