Anthidona Explained

Anthidona
Name Local:Ανθηδόνα
Type:municipal unit
Coordinates:38.4833°N 50°W
Periph:Central Greece
Periphunit:Euboea
Municipality:Chalcis
Population As Of:2021
Pop Municunit:7286
Pop Community:1062
Area Municunit:137.3
Licence:ΧΑ

Anthidona (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ανθηδόνα) is a former municipality in the Euboea regional unit, Greece. It was named after the ancient Boeotian city Anthedon. During the 2011 local government reform, it became a municipal unit of Chalcis.[1] The population was 7,286 inhabitants at the 2021 census, and the land area is 137.266 km2.[2] The seat of the municipality was in Drosia. Although part of the Euboea regional unit, it is not located on the island Euboea, but on the mainland, attached to the northeastern part of Boeotia.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
  2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .