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Aegira is also the older name of Lesbos. Lesbos (Λέσβος also transliterated Lesvos, Midilli is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea.

Aigeira Αιγείρα

Location

Coordinates	38°9′N 22°21′E / 38.15, 22.35Coordinates: 38°9′N 22°21′E / 38.15, 22.35
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center):	5 m (16 ft)
Government
Country:	Greece
Periphery:	West Greece
Prefecture:	Achaea
Population statistics (as of 2001^[1])
City Proper
- Population:	4,512
- Area:^[2]	103. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Eastern European Time ( EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Eastern European Summer Time ( EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 Time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The peripheries ( Περιφέρειες) are the official regional Administrative divisions of Greece. West Greece is one of the thirteen Peripheries of Greece. It is divided into the prefectures of Achaea, Aetolia-Acarnania and Elis Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 super-prefectures and 54 prefectures or nomes Achaea (Αχαΐα Achaïa, axaˈia in Polytonic orthography) is an ancient province and a present prefecture of Greece, on the northern In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 65 km² (40 sq mi)
- Density:	44 /km² (113 /sq mi)
Codes
Postal:	250 10
Area:	26960
Auto:	ΑΧ
Website
aigeira.gr

Aigeira or Aegira (Greek: Αιγείρα, older: Αίγειρα), also Egira, Eyira, Aiyira is a community located about 500 m SW of the Gulf of Corinth in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Achaea. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The Greek Postal code system is is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία Hellenic Post) This is a list of dialing codes in Greece. The first digit represents type of service Greek Vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. Achaea (Αχαΐα Achaïa, axaˈia in Polytonic orthography) is an ancient province and a present prefecture of Greece, on the northern It is located in GR-8 and has an interchange connecting the new highway with GR-8A and E65. Greek National Road 8 is an old highway linking the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. Greek National Road 8A, sometimes Greek National Road 8 is a toll road running from Kifissou avenue in Athens up to the northeast of Patras. Distance from Patras is 67 km E, about 4 km NE of Akrata and 148 km W of Athens. Patras ( Demotic Greek: Πάτρα, Pátra, ˈpatra Classical Greek: Πάτραι, Pátrai, Patrae is Greece Akrata, (Ακράτα also Akráta, is a town and a municipality in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Achaia in the Peloponnese, Greece Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's The municipality is the easternmost in the prefecture.

Nearest places

Akrata (west)
Seliana (west)
Sinevro (northwest)

Communes:

Aigeira
Aiges
Ampelokipoi
Chrysanthio
Exochi
Monastiri
Oasi
Perithori
Seliana
Sinevro
Vella

Historical population:

Year	Communal population	Change	Municipal population	Change
1981	1,320	-	-	-
1991	1,696	376/28. Akrata, (Ακράτα also Akráta, is a town and a municipality in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Achaia in the Peloponnese, Greece Vergina (in Greek Βεργίνα) is a small town in northern Greece, located in the prefecture of Imathia, Central Macedonia Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. 48%	4,211	-
2001	-	-	4,503	292/6. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. 93%

The community has a school, a gymnasium, a church, a post office and a(plateia). Plateia or platia ( πλατεία) is the Greek word for Town square. It has a train station with no building connecting the railway line with Patras - Aigio - Aigira - Derveni - Xylokastro - Kiato - Corinth. Derveni (Δερβένι is a town in Corinthia, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Evrostini. Xylokastro ( Greek: Modern Ξυλόκαστρο, Ancient Xylokastron, Ξυλόκαστρον Greek word meaning wooden castle is a city that Kiato (Greek Modern Κιάτο Ancient/ Katharevousa: -on is a seaside Town located in the northern part of the prefecture of Corinthia in the Peloponnese Corinth, or Korinth ( Greek Κόρινθος ( is a city in Greece. The origin of the name comes from the Ancient Greek word aiges for goats. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c The domestic goat ( Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat Domesticated from the Wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe

The place has 8-story buildings and hotels founded around the city and newer ones in the west. Aigeira also has a traffic light.

Mountains are founded to the south. Forests are founded to the west and east. One of the hill foundede south is named Palaiokastro. Palékastro (also transliterated as Palaikastro; Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK is a small village at the east end of the mediterranean island

North of Aigeira is a beach which includes spas.

In the archaeological site, the city had a temple during ancient times. It has an antefix decorated with a painted palmette dating back to 500 BC. Ante-fixae (from Latin antefigere, to fasten before the vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman Etruscan or Greek temple Palmette also called anthemion (from the Greek ανθεμιον a flower is an artistic motif based on the fan-shaped leaves of a Palm tree. It also had a harbor.

History

Theatre in Aigeira.

The area was founded in the 3rd millennium BC. The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age. It represents a period of time in which Imperialism, or the desire to conquer grew to prominence The city was known as Hyperesia (Greek: Υπερησία, Hyperesia) during Homeric times. Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the In 688 BC, Hyperesia changed to Aegira. Events and trends 689 BC — King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon.

The legend Hyperesia was threatened once, as Pausanias reported by a hostile army from Sicyon. For the modern municipality see Sikyona. Sicyon (Σικυών was an ancient Greek city situated in the northern Peloponnesus

It changed its name to the present name as the defenders achieved victory and the people bounded for the goats and attacked the enemies.

The city was prosperous and was one of the twelve most important cities in the Achaean League. The Achaean League (Ἀχαϊκὴ Συμμαχία or (Ἀχαϊκὴ Συμπολιτεία was a Confederation of Greek city states in Achaea It was also a member of the Achaean league. According to Pausanias, there was a statue of Zeus and Athena as well as a temple of Artemis Agrotera. Pausanias ( Greek:) was a Greek traveller and Geographer of the 2nd century CE, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology ATHENA was an Antimatter research project that took place at the AD Ring at CERN. In Greek mythology, Artemis language|Greek] ( Nominative), ( Genitive))] was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister For the Genus of Crambidae (grass moths called Agrotera see List of crambid genera A, or subfamily Spilomelinae.

The city was destroyed when Achaea became part of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Allegedly it was destroyed by a flood. Since then, the city is 400 m above sea level. Others said it was destroyed by an earthquake.

Archaeology

The Österreichische Archäologische Institut, lit. the Austrian Archaeological Institute in 1916 made excavations in Aegira. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The team along with Otto Walter (pronunciation: VAHL-tehr) found the head of the statue of Zeus which was sculpted by Euclid. Otto Walter (b 1882 in Vienna, d 1965 in Parsch in the state of Salzburg) was an Austrian archaeologist. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology Euclid ( Greek:.) fl 300 BC also known as Euclid of Alexandria, is often referred to as the Father of Geometry Walter also found the left arm, the finger at the right hand later. In 1972, excavations continued by Wilhelm Alzinger and excavated the ancient theatre and a Naiskos (small temple). Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wilhelm Alzinger ( August 11, 1928 &ndash January 2, 1996 or 1998 was an Austrian archaeologist. The naiskos ( Greek: ναΐσκος Greek etymology: νάος, English translation: "temple" is a small Temple in The soil was decorated with mosaic which showed an eagle.

Other

Its major soccer team is Thyella Aigira, its uniform is black and white. Egira is also home to non-league amateur football club Panegiratikos.

Egira also has a parking area 1 km E of the National Road interchange.

External links

	North: Gulf of Corinth
West: Akrata	Aigeira/Egeira	East: Evrosthyni
	South: Akrata