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Q1227681
Sign in to saveOreoi () 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. The municipal unit has an area of 49.913 km2 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.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ωρεοί
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 2,827
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Oreoi
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Ωρεοί
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Oreon.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Euboea
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Istiaia-Aidipsos
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 2827
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 1136
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 49.9
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΧΑ
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 1142
- Elevation
- 10
- Image
- Παραλία Ωρεών Ευβοίας 2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2226
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- postal code
- 34200
- Commons category
- Oreoi
- located in/on physical feature
- Euboea
- native label
- Ωρεοί
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Encyclopedic overview
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Oreoi () 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. The municipal unit has an area of 49.913 km2 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.
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.
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