Agios Spyridonas | |
Name Local: | Άγιος Σπυρίδωνας |
Type: | community |
Caption Skyline: | The church of Agios Spyridonas. |
Periph: | Central Macedonia |
Periphunit: | Pieria |
Municipality: | Dio-Olympos |
Municunit: | Dion |
Population: | 1377 |
Area: | 13.52 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Elevation: | 70 |
Coordinates: | 40.2°N 48°W |
Postal Code: | 601 00 |
Area Code: | 23510 |
Licence: | KN |
Agios Spyridonas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Άγιος Σπυρίδωνας) is a village and a community of the Dio-Olympos municipality.[1] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Dion, of which it was a municipal district.[1] The 2021 census recorded 1,377 inhabitants in the village. The community of Agios Spyridonas covers an area of 13.52 km2.[2]
Agios Spyridonas was founded in the end of the 19th century by Aromanians (Vlachs) from Samarina. They are all Orthodox Christians.[3] In the 20th Sarakatsani settled in the village and, shortly afterwards, in 1955 the village was recognised as an independent community.[3] The church of the village, dedicated to Saint Spyridon, was built in 1915.[3]
The main occupations of Agios Spyridonas' residents are agriculture (mainly tobacco) and animal husbandry.[3]