Oreoi (Greek: Ωρεοί) is a village and a former municipality in Euboea, Greece. It was named after the ancient town of Oreus. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Istiaia-Aidipsos, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 49.913 km2[3] and population of 2,827 (2021). It is situated on the northwest coast of the island Euboea, by the Oreoi Strait that connects the Aegean Sea with the North Euboean Gulf. The small port Agiokampos, 5 km west of Oreoi, is served by ferries to Glyfa on the mainland.
Oreoi
Ωρεοί | |
|---|---|
  Oreoi Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 38°57′N 23°06′E / 38.950°N 23.100°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Greece |
| Regional unit | Euboea |
| Municipality | Istiaia-Aidipsos |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 49.9 km2 (19.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 2,827 |
| • Municipal unit density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Community | 1,136 |
| Time zone | UTC 2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΧΑ |
A large marble statue of a bull from a funerary monument of the 4th century B.C. was raised from the harbour of Oreoi in 1965, and is exhibited in the town.[4]
Subdivisions
editThe municipal unit Oreoi is subdivided into the following communities (2021 census population in square brackets):[1]
- Oreoi [1,136]
- Kastaniotissa [214]
- Neos Pyrgos [783]
- Taxiarchis [694]
History
editOreoi was named after the ancient town Oreus, that was also known as Histiaea. Oreus was situated at the eastern edge of the present village Oreoi. Oreoi was part of the municipality of Istiaia until 1912, when it became a separate community. It was elevated to municipality status in 1997.[5] The last mayor of Oreoi, before it was merged into the new municipality Istiaia-Aidipsos, was Ioannis Stamatiou, elected in 2006.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- ^ Hellenic Ministry of Culture at odysseus.culture.gr
- ^ "EETAA local government changes". Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Municipal Elections, Municipality of Oreoi, Evia, 2006 Results" (in Greek). Ministry of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
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