Back هيلينوبوليس Arabic Hel·lenòpolis Catalan Helenopolis German Ελενόπολις (Βιθυνία) Greek Helenópolis (Bitinia) Spanish هلنوپولیس (بیتین) Persian Hélénopolis French Helenopol Croatian Elenopoli Italian Helenópolis Portuguese
40°43′24″N 29°30′08″E / 40.72339°N 29.50224°E Helenopolis (Greek: Ἑλενόπολις) or Drepana (Δρέπανα) or Drepanon (Δρέπανον) was an ancient Thracian and later Greco-Roman and Byzantine town in Bithynia, Asia Minor, on the southern side of the Gulf of Astacus. Helenopolis has been identified with the modern village of Hersek, in the district of Altınova, Yalova Province. It is traditionally considered as the birthplace of Saint Helena.