Istiaia-Aidipsos Explained

Istiaia-Aidipsos
Name Local:	Ιστιαία-Αιδηψός
Type:	municipality
Periph:	Central Greece
Periphunit:	Euboea
Pop Municipality:	19396
Area Municipality:	509.2
Population As Of:	2021
Coordinates:	38.95°N 32°W

Istiaia-Aidipsos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ιστιαία-Αιδηψός) is a municipality in the Euboea regional unit, the Central region of Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Istiaia.^[1] The municipality has an area of 509.204 km².^[2]

Municipality

The municipality Istiaia-Aidipsos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[1]

• Aidipsos
• Artemisio
• Istiaia
• Lichada
• Oreoi

Province

The province of Istiaia (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Επαρχία Ιστιαίας) was one of the provinces of the Euboea Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality Istiaia-Aidipsos. It was abolished in 2006.

References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text. 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 .