Aridaia

Also known as Ardea, Aridea, Subosko

thumb|200px|A street thumb|200px|Old railway station (today a museum)

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Aridaia
Greek Dimos.name_local: Αριδαία
Greek Dimos.type: municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map: DE Arideas.svg
Greek Dimos.periph: Central Macedonia
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Pella
Greek Dimos.municipality: Almopia
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 18864
Greek Dimos.area_municunit: 562.91
Greek Dimos.pop_community: 7118
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.elevation: 127
Greek Dimos.postal_code: 584 00
Greek Dimos.area_code: 23840-2
Greek Dimos.licence: ΕΕ
Greek Dimos.website: dimosalmopias.gov.gr
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: Aridea 229.jpg
Greek Dimos.caption_skyline: View of the central square of Aridaia with Aggelis Gatsos' statue.

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Wikidata facts

Population: 6561
Elevation: 124
Image: Aridea 228.jpg
Dialing code: 2384

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Commons category: Aridaia
postal code: 584 00
native label: Αριδαία

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Contents

Etymology
Sights
Sports
Transport
Bus service
Rail service
Roads
Air service
People from Aridaia
References
External links

thumb|200px|A street thumb|200px|Old railway station (today a museum)

Aridaía (, , ) is a town and a former municipality in the Pella regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the Almopia municipality, of which it is a municipal unit. It was the capital of the former Almopia eparchy. It is located in the northwest corner of the Pella regional unit, bordering the southern part of North Macedonia and the northeast corner of the Florina regional unit. Its land area is . The population of Aridaia proper is 7,118, while that of the entire municipal unit is 18,864 (2021 census). The municipal unit is divided into 17 communities. Its largest other communities are Prómachoi (pop. 1,654), Loutráki (1,176) and Sosándra (1,008).