Aidipsos

{{Infobox Greek Dimos

|name = Aidipsos

|name_local = Αιδηψός

|type = municipal unit

|image_map = DE Edipsou.svg

|map_caption = Location within the regional unit

|image_skyline = Aidipsos.JPG

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|coordinates = {{coord|38|52|N|23|03|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| periph = Central Greece

| periphunit = Euboea

|municipality = Istiaia-Aidipsos

|population_as_of = 2021

|pop_municunit = 5766

|area_municunit = 115.461

|postal_code = 34300

|area_code = 22260

|licence = XA

|website =

}}

Aidipsos ({{langx|el|Αιδηψός}}, {{IPA|el|eðiˈpsos}}) is a village and a former municipality in Euboea, Greece. The municipality Aidipsos was founded in 1997 by the merger of the municipality Loutra Aidipsou with the communities Agios and Gialtra.{{Cite web |url=https://www.eetaa.gr/eetaa/metaboles/dkmet_details.php?id=7039 |title=EETAA local government changes |access-date=29 June 2020}} Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Istiaia-Aidipsos, of which it is a municipal unit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} The municipal unit has an area of 115.461 km2.{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }} 80 of Greece's 752 hot springs are located in Aidipsos, making it a popular tourist destination.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2002/mar/16/restandrelaxation.greece.beauty|title=Eternal springs|last=Field|first=June|date=2002-03-16|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=2008-08-16}} The spas date back more than 20,000 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2007/07/08/oped/erma.m..cuizon.sun.star.essay.html |title=Sun.star Essay: Spa up, spa down |last=Cuizon |first=Erma M. |date=2007-07-08 |publisher=Sunstar Daily News |accessdate=2008-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618071635/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2007/07/08/oped/erma.m..cuizon.sun.star.essay.html |archivedate=2008-06-18 }} Many famous personalities have visited the town, such as Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Sir Winston Churchill, Eleutherios Venizelos, Theodoros Deligiannis, Georgios Theotokis, Ioannis Kondilakis, Archbishop of Athens Theocletus I, Aristotelis Onassis, Maria Callas, Kostis Palamas, Marika Kotopouli and others. Within the modern borders of the municipal units are the remains of ancient town of Aedepsus.

{{Historical populations

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|2001|6482

|2011{{cite web | url = http://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1210503/resident_population_census2011rev.xls | title = Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός | publisher = Hellenic Statistical Authority | language = el }}|6141

|2021|5766

}}

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Category:Populated places in Euboea

Category:Istiaia-Aidipsos

Category:Spa towns in Greece

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