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'''Kechries''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] - Modern: ''Κεχριές'', rarely ''Κεχρεές'', Ancient/[[Katharevousa]]: ''Kenchreai'' - ''Κεγχρεαί'') is a community in the municipality of [[Corinth]] in [[Corinthia]] in [[Greece]]. It is located about 7 km southwest of Corinth and 7 km southeast of the Epidavros interchange with [[Greece Interstate 8A|GR-8A]]/[[E94]], north of [[Galataki]] and Kato [[Almyri]], east of [[Examilia]], southeast of [[Xylokeriza]], south of [[Kiras Vrysi]] and west/southwest of modern [[Isthmia]].

Older forms of the community's name are '''Cenchreae''', '''Kenchreai''', '''Kechriai''', '''Kekhries''', '''Kekhriai''', and '''Kekhriais'''.

==Nearest places==
*Loutra Elenis (south)
*Examilia (west)
*Kiras Vrysi (north)
==Geography==
*Location: {{coor dms|37|53|6|N|22|59|15|E|region:GR}}
*[[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: 201 00
*Elevation: 20 to 84 m
*[[Area codes in Greece|Dialing code]]: +30-[[Greece dialing code 27410|27410]] (030-27410)
==Historical population==

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! Year !! Communal population
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| [[1991]] || 333 ||
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==Other==
The community is a village with a school and a church but no formal square (''plateia''). The number of permanent local residents is small, and many houses there are used seasonally by owners who reside elsewhere. Mount Oneion is found to the south, where a major stone quarry is now located, and the village is surrounded by fertile land. There is a bay founded in the east and is named [[Kechries Bay]]. It is a bay that is located on the western part and forms the westernmost area in the [[Saronic gulf|Saronic]]. It lines the easternmost point of the small [[Corinth Fault]]. Several seismic faults are located within Kechries.

In ancient times, it was one of the two ports of the city-state of Corinth. While Kechries served the eastern trade routes, [[Lechaio]], through the Corinthian Gulf served the trade routes leading west to [[Magna Graecia]] and the rest of Europe. The [[Apostle Paul]] visited Cenchreae and got his hair cut during his Second Mission Journey. The ancient harbor was partly excavated in [[1962]]-[[1969]] by a team sponsored by the American School of Classical Studies under the direction of Professor Robert Scranton. Excavations at that time and later, during the [[1970s]], have uncovered several buildings that attest to the commercial vitality and prosperity of the port, especially during the Roman Empire.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macalester.edu/classics/kenchreai/ Kenchreai Cemetery Project]
*[http://www.wheaton.edu/Theology/WIP/GGREEN/Corinth/14A-14.HTM Harbor at Cenchreae]
*[http://www.wheaton.edu/Theology/WIP/GGREEN/Corinth/25-01.HTM Cenchreae, the port of Corinth]
*http://www.reference-guides.com/isbe/C/CENCHREAE/
*[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Kechries&country=GR Mapquest - Kechries]
*[http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=9284 GTP - Kechries]
*[http://indexmundi.com/z/?lat=37.8666667=23&t=p&r=4660&p=kekhriai&cc=gr&c=greece.htm Indexmundi - Kechries]

==See also==
*[[Communities of Corinthia]]

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