Aridaia
Aridaia
Αριδαία | |
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Settlement | |
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| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | West Macedonia |
| Municipality | Aridaia |
| Highest elevation | 98 m (322 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 5,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 584 00 |
| Area code(s) | 23840-2 |
| Website | www.dimosarideas.gr |
Aridaía (Template:Lang-gr; local Slavic: С'ботско, Съботско, S'botsko, Саботско, Sabotsko, Суботско, Subotsko[2]) is a town and its surrounding municipality in the Pella Prefecture, Macedonia, Greece. Formerly the capital of the defunct Almopia eparchy, the municipality is located in the northwest corner of the prefecture, bordering the southern part of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the northeast corner of the Florina Prefecture. It is the eighth-largest municipality in Greece, with a land area of 562.910 km². The population of Aridaia proper is 5,000, while that of the entire municipality is 20,213 (2001 census).[3] Its largest other towns are Prómachoi (pop. 1,825), Sosándra (1,206), Ápsalos (1,178), Loutráki (1,163), Polykárpi (1,071), Tsákoi (1,020), Voreinó (871), and Χifianí (850). The municipality is divided into 17 municipal districts.
History
References
- ^ De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
- ^ Todor Hristov Simovski, The Inhabited Places of the Aegean Macedonia (Skopje 1998), ISBN 9989-9819-4-9, p. 99.
- ^ "Προφίλ Επαρχίας Αλμωπίας" (in Greek). Δήμος Αριδαίας. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
External links
40°58′N 22°03′E / 40.967°N 22.050°E
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