Aidipsos (
Greek:
Αιδηψός,
Greek pronunciation: [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. 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 115.461 km. 80 of Greece's 752 hot springs are located in Aidipsos, making it a popular tourist destination. The
spas date back more than 20,000 years. 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 populationYear | Pop. | ±% |
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2001 | 6,482 | — |
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2011 | 6,141 | −5.3% |
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2021 | 5,766 | −6.1% |
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