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Geographical midpoint of Europe

The location of the geographical centre of Europe depends on the definition of the borders of Europe, mainly whether remote islands are included to define the extreme points of Europe, and on the method of calculating the final result. Thus, several places claim to host this hypothetical centre. Current claimants The village of Kremnické Bane or the neighbouring village Krahule, near Kremnica, in central Slovakia The small town of Rakhiv, or the village of Dilove near Rakhiv, in western Ukraine The village of Girija, near Vilnius, in Lithuania A point on the island of Saaremaa in Estonia A point near Polotsk, or in Vitebsk, or near Babruysk, or near lake Sho in Belarus A point near the town of Tállya, in north-eastern Hungary The small historic town of Kouřim in Czech Republic Extreme points...