Lechaio

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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 (modern city)|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 [[Sparta]]n [[Mora (military unit)|mora]] (regiment) was defeated by the [[Athens|Athenians]] led by [[Iphicrates]] at Lechaeum.<ref>{{cite DGRG|volume=1|title=Corinthus|pages=674-686}}</ref>

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== *[[List of settlements in Corinthia]]

==References== {{reflist}}

== 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)

[[Category:Cities in ancient Peloponnese]] [[Category:Populated places in Corinthia]]