Oreoi
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|name = Oreoi
|name_local = Ωρεοί
|type = municipal unit
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| periph = Central Greece
| periphunit = Euboea
|municipality = Istiaia-Aidipsos
|population_as_of = 2021
|pop_municunit = 2827
|pop_community = 1136
|area_municunit = 49.9
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Oreoi ({{langx|el|Ωρεοί}}) 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.{{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 49.913 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}} 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.[http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/eh251.jsp?obj_id=1824 Hellenic Ministry of Culture] at odysseus.culture.gr
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History
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Oreoi was named after the ancient town Oreus, 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 until 1912, when it became a separate community. It was elevated to municipality status in 1997.{{Cite web |url=https://www.eetaa.gr/eetaa/metaboles/dkmet_details.php?id=314 |title=EETAA local government changes |access-date=29 June 2020}} The last mayor of Oreoi, before it was merged into the new municipality Istiaia-Aidipsos, was Ioannis Stamatiou, elected in 2006.{{cite web | url=http://ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu/2006static/dimos1427.htm | title=Municipal Elections, Municipality of Oreoi, Evia, 2006 Results | accessdate=2011-01-30 | publisher=Ministry of Internal Affairs|language=el}}