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Alyki, Boeotia
Alyki () is a village of the Thebes municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Thisvi. The 2011 census recorded 279 residents in the village. Alyki is a part of the community of Xironomi. Population According to the 2011 census, the population of Alyki was 279 people, a figure almost double to that of the previous census of 2001. See also * List of settlements in Boeotia This is a list of settlements in Boeotia, Greece. * Agia Anna * Agia Triada * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Georgios * Agios Spyridonas * Agios Thomas * Agios Vlasios * Akontio * Akraifnio * Alalkomenes * Aliartos * Alyki * Ampelochori * Ant ... References {{Thebes div Populated places in Boeotia Villages in Greece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Greece
Continental Greece ( el, Στερεά Ελλάδα, Stereá Elláda; formerly , ''Chérsos Ellás''), colloquially known as Roúmeli (Ρούμελη), is a traditional geographic region of Greece. In English, the area is usually called Central Greece, but the equivalent Greek term (Κεντρική Ελλάδα, ''Kentrikí Elláda'') is more rarely used. It includes the southern part of the Greek mainland (sans the Peloponnese), as well as the offshore island of Euboea. Since 1987, its territory has been divided among the administrative regions of Central Greece and Attica, and the regional unit (former prefecture) of Aetolia-Acarnania in the administrative region of Western Greece. Etymology The region has traditionally been known as ''Roúmeli'' (Ρούμελη), a name deriving from the Turkish word '' Rūm-eli'', meaning "the land of the Rūm Byzantine_Greeks.html" ;"title="he Romans, i.e. the Byzantine Greeks">he Romans, i.e. the Byzantine Greeks and originally en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeotia
Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, wikt:Βοιωτία, Βοιωτία; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (region), Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its largest city is Thebes, Greece, Thebes. Boeotia was also a region of ancient Greece, from before the 6th century BC. Geography Boeotia lies to the north of the eastern part of the Gulf of Corinth. It also has a short coastline on the Gulf of Euboea. It bordered on Megaris (now West Attica) in the south, Attica in the southeast, Euboea in the northeast, Opuntian Locris (now part of Phthiotis) in the north and Phocis in the west. The main mountain ranges of Boeotia are Mount Parnassus in the west, Mount Helicon in the southwest, Cithaeron in the south and Parnitha in the east. Its longest river, the Cephissus (Boeotia), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thebes, Greece
Thebes (; ell, Θήβα, ''Thíva'' ; grc, Θῆβαι, ''Thêbai'' .) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece. It played an important role in Greek myths, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus, Heracles and others. Archaeological excavations in and around Thebes have revealed a Mycenaean settlement and clay tablets written in the Linear B script, indicating the importance of the site in the Bronze Age. Thebes was the largest city of the ancient region of Boeotia and was the leader of the Boeotian confederacy. It was a major rival of ancient Athens, and sided with the Persians during the 480 BC invasion under Xerxes I. Theban forces under the command of Epaminondas ended Spartan hegemony at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, with the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite military unit of male lovers celebrated as instrumental there. Macedonia would rise in power at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, bringing decisive victory to Philip II over an alliance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thisvi
Thisvi ( el, Θίσβη) is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Thebes, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 245.492 km2, the community 39.350 km2. Population 2,476 (2011). The municipal unit consists of the communities of Chostia, Domvraina, Ellopia, Thisvi and Xironomi. The seat of the former municipality was in Domvraina. The municipal unit is named after the Mycenaean city (now ruined) of Thisbe, which is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad's Catalogue of Ships as a participant in the Trojan War.Homer, ''Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the '' Odys ...'' 2.502 The scant remains of the Mycenaean acropolis that is surrounded by Cyclopean walls is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xironomi
Xironomi ( el, Ξηρονομή) is a village in Boeotia, Greece. It belongs to the Thisvi municipal unit. Name The origins of the name ''Xironomi'' still remain unknown. See also *List of settlements in Boeotia This is a list of settlements in Boeotia, Greece. * Agia Anna * Agia Triada * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Georgios * Agios Spyridonas * Agios Thomas * Agios Vlasios * Akontio * Akraifnio * Alalkomenes * Aliartos * Alyki * Ampelochori * Ant ... References External linksThisvi: History and Photos Populated places in Boeotia {{CGreece-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In Boeotia
This is a list of settlements in Boeotia, Greece. * Agia Anna * Agia Triada * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Georgios * Agios Spyridonas * Agios Thomas * Agios Vlasios * Akontio * Akraifnio * Alalkomenes * Aliartos * Alyki * Ampelochori * Anthochori * Antikyra * Arachova * Arma * Askri * Asopia * Chaeronea * Chostia * Dafni * Davleia * Dionysos * Distomo * Domvraina * Eleonas * Ellopia * Evangelistria * Kallithea * Kaparelli * Karya * Kastro * Kleidi * Kokkino * Koroneia * Kyriaki * Lafystio * Lefktra * Leontari * Livadeia * Loutoufio * Loutsio * Mavrommati * Mavroneri * Melissochori * Mouriki * Neochoraki * Neochori * Oinofyta * Oinoi * Orchomenos * Paralia Distomou * Parori * Pavlos * Petra * Plaka Dilesi * Plataies * Profitis Ilias * Prosilio * Pyli * Pyrgos * Romaiiko * Schimatari * Skourta * Solinari * Stefani * Steiri * Tanagra * Thebes * Thespies * Thisvi * Thourio * Tsoukalades * Vagia * Vasilika * Xironomi * Ypato * Yp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Boeotia
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
