Lechaio
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|name = Lechaio
|name_local = Λέχαιο
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|periph = Peloponnese
|periphunit = Corinthia
|municipality = Corinth
|municunit = Assos-Lechaio
|pop_community = 2672
|population_as_of = 2021
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|postal_code = 20 006
|area_code = 27410
|licence = ΚΡ
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Lechaio ({{langx|el|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
| class=wikitable
! Year !! Population | |
| 1981 | 2,159 |
| 1991 | 2,319 |
| 2001 | 3,952 |
| 2011 | 2,643 |
| 2021 | 2,672 |
History
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.{{cite DGRG|volume=1|title=Corinthus|pages=674-686}}
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
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041209103212/http://www.culture.gr/2/21/212/21206a/e212fa08.html Early Christian Basilica of Lechaion]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150702035943/http://www.sikyon.com/korinth/Monuments/korinth_veg04.html Corinthian Monuments - Lechaion Road]
- [http://www.sikyon.com/Korinth/Monuments/korinth_veg05.html Lechaion Road] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614121718/http://www.sikyon.com/Korinth/Monuments/korinth_veg05.html |date=2012-06-14 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041222202623/http://www.mike-epidavros.com/peloponnesiaca%20f./pages/Lechaion0131.htm Lechaio] (in German)
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Category:Cities in ancient Peloponnese
Category:Populated places in Corinthia
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