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Agios Spyridonas, Pieria

Field	Value
name	Agios Spyridonas
name_local	Άγιος Σπυρίδωνας
type	community
image_skyline	Agios spiridon main church.jpg
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
postal_code	601 00
area_code	23510
licence	KN

Agios Spyridonas () is a village and a community of the Dio-Olympos municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Dion, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 1,377 inhabitants in the village.

History

Agios Spyridonas was founded in the end of the 19th century by Aromanians (Vlachs) from Samarina. They are all Orthodox Christians. In the 20th Sarakatsani settled in the village and, shortly afterwards, in 1955 the village was recognised as an independent community. The church of the village, dedicated to Saint Spyridon, was built in 1915.

Economy

The main occupations of Agios Spyridonas' residents are agriculture (mainly tobacco) and animal husbandry.

References

"ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
Municipality of Dion-Olympos. link

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