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Arnissa
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Arnissa (, before 1926: , Ostrovon;, ) is a town in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. It is located near the Lake Vegoritida and Mount Kaimakchalan and is the seat of the Vegoritida Municipality. It has a population of 1,370 (as of 2021).
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- Locality
- Άρνισσα
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 1,370
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Arnissa
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Άρνισσα
- Greek Dimos.type
- community
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Pella
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Edessa
- Greek Dimos.municunit
- Vegoritida
- Greek Dimos.population
- 1370
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 58002
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 23810
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 1411
- Elevation
- 560
- Dialing code
- 2381
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- postal code
- 580 02
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Arnissa
- native label
- Άρνισσα
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Arnissa (, before 1926: , Ostrovon;, ) is a town in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. It is located near the Lake Vegoritida and Mount Kaimakchalan and is the seat of the Vegoritida Municipality. It has a population of 1,370 (as of 2021).
==History== The settlement is first mentioned by Thucydides as one of the most ancient Macedonian cities, which is identified with the ancient ruins near the present-day village of the same name, specifically on the small peninsula of Lake Vegoritida, where various archaeological findings (architectural members and inscriptions) were found. The region came under the control of the Roman empire in the 1st century BC.
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