Agios Spyridonas, Pieria


Agios Spyridonas is a village and a community of the Dio-Olympos municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Dion, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 1,377 inhabitants in the village. The community of Agios Spyridonas covers an area of 13.52 km2.

History

Agios Spyridonas was founded in the end of the 19th century by Aromanians from Samarina. They are all Orthodox Christians. In the 20th Sarakatsani settled in the village and, shortly afterwards, in 1955 the village was recognised as an independent community. The church of the village, dedicated to Saint Spyridon, was built in 1915.

Economy

The main occupations of Agios Spyridonas' residents are agriculture and animal husbandry.