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Housing Units (2000): 1082
Land area (2000): 0.671988 sq. miles (1.740442 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.671988 sq. miles (1.740442 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46360
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 47.237192 N, 88.439893 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49913
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Laurium
Wikipedia
Laurium or Lavrio or Lavrion (; ; before early 11th century BC: Θορικός Thorikos; from Middle Ages until 19th century: Εργαστήρι Ergastiri) is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of Lavreotiki. Laurium was famous in Classical antiquity for its silver mines, which was one of the chief sources of revenue of the Athenian state. The metallic silver was mainly used for coinage. The Archaeological Museum of Lavrion shows much of the story of these mines.
It is a sea port of much less importance than nearby Piraeus.
It is located about 60 km SE of Athens, SE of Keratea and N of Cape Sounio. Laurium is situated on a bay overlooking the island of Makronisos (ancient times: Helena) in the east. The port is in the middle and gridded streets cover the residential area of Lavrio. GR-89 runs through Lavrio and ends south in Sounio.
Usage examples of "laurium".
Who will grant me to pronounce the verses of Homer like a Greek of Laurium or of Edapteon?