Lechaio
Lechaio
Λέχαιο | |
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| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Corinthia |
| Municipality | Corinth |
| Municipal unit | Assos-Lechaio |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 2,672 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 20 006 |
| Area code | 27410 |
| Vehicle registration | ΚΡ |
Lechaio (Greek: Λέχαιο) 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
[edit | edit source]| Year | Population |
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| 1981 | 2,159 |
| 1991 | 2,319 |
| 2001 | 3,952 |
| 2011 | 2,643 |
| 2021 | 2,672 |
History
[edit | edit source]Ancient Lechaeum was one of the ports of Ancient Corinth. It was connected to Corinth by a pair of strong walls. In the 390 BC Battle of Lechaeum, a Spartan mora (regiment) was defeated by the Athenians led by Iphicrates at Lechaeum.[2]
The small airport was built by the Germans in the World War II to serve as a military air-base for the control of the south-eastern Mediterranean area. In tunnels under the airport, a large inventory of weapons and many barrels of oil were stored by the German army.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Early Christian Basilica of Lechaion
- Corinthian Monuments - Lechaion Road
- Lechaion Road Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Lechaio (in German)
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