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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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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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  • History
  • Iron Age
  • Classical Age
  • Middle Ages
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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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