Aridaia
Sign in to savethumb|200px|A street thumb|200px|Old railway station (today a museum)
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Aridaia
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Αριδαία
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Arideas.svg
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Pella
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Almopia
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 18864
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 562.91
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 7118
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 127
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 584 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 23840-2
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΕΕ
- Greek Dimos.website
- dimosalmopias.gov.gr
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Aridea 229.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- View of the central square of Aridaia with Aggelis Gatsos' statue.
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11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Sights
- Sports
- Transport
- Bus service
- Rail service
- Roads
- Air service
- People from Aridaia
- References
- External links
thumb|200px|A street thumb|200px|Old railway station (today a museum)
Aridaía (, , ) is a town and a former municipality in the Pella regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the Almopia municipality, of which it is a municipal unit. It was the capital of the former Almopia eparchy. It is located in the northwest corner of the Pella regional unit, bordering the southern part of North Macedonia and the northeast corner of the Florina regional unit. Its land area is . The population of Aridaia proper is 7,118, while that of the entire municipal unit is 18,864 (2021 census). The municipal unit is divided into 17 communities. Its largest other communities are Prómachoi (pop. 1,654), Loutráki (1,176) and Sosándra (1,008).