Oreoi ( el, Ωρεοί) is a village and a former municipality in
Euboea
Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...
,
Greece
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. It was named after the ancient town
Oreus
Oreus or Oreos ( grc, Ὠρεός, Ōreos), prior to the 5th century BC called Histiaea or Histiaia (Ἱστίαια), also Hestiaea or Hestiaia (Ἑστίαια), was a town near the north coast of ancient Euboea, situated upon the river Ca ...
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Istiaia-Aidipsos
Istiaia-Aidipsos ( el, Ιστιαία-Αιδηψός) is a municipality in the Euboea regional unit, Central Greece, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Istiaia. The municipality has an area of 509.204 km2.
Municipality
The mun ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 49.913 km
2.
Population 3,017 (2011). It is situated on the northwest coast of the island Euboea, by the
Oreoi Strait that connects the
Aegean Sea
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with the
North Euboean Gulf. The small port
Agiokampos, 5 km west of Oreoi, is served by ferries to
Glyfa on the mainland.
A large
marble
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statue of a
bull
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includin ...
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.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Oreoi is subdivided into the following communities (2011 census population in square brackets):
[
*Oreoi ],209
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*Kastaniotissa 24*Neos Pyrgos 86*Taxiarchis 98
History
Oreoi was named after the ancient town Oreus
Oreus or Oreos ( grc, Ὠρεός, Ōreos), prior to the 5th century BC called Histiaea or Histiaia (Ἱστίαια), also Hestiaea or Hestiaia (Ἑστίαια), was a town near the north coast of ancient Euboea, situated upon the river Ca ...
, 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
Istiaia ( el, Ιστιαία, , before 1913: Ξηροχώρι - ''Xirochori''2.537 Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Istiaia-Aidipsos, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an are ...
until 1912, when it became a separate community. It was elevated to municipality status in 1997. The last mayor of Oreoi, before it was merged into the new municipality Istiaia-Aidipsos
Istiaia-Aidipsos ( el, Ιστιαία-Αιδηψός) is a municipality in the Euboea regional unit, Central Greece, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Istiaia. The municipality has an area of 509.204 km2.
Municipality
The mun ...
, was Ioannis Stamatiou, elected in 2006.
References
Populated places in Euboea
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