Anthidona () is a former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Euboea regional unit,
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. It was named after the ancient Boeotian city
Anthedon. During the 2011 local government reform, it became a municipal unit of
Chalcis
Chalcis (; Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: , ), also called Chalkida or Halkida (Modern Greek: , ), is the chief city of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from ...
.
The population was 7,286 inhabitants at the 2021 census,
and the land area is 137.266 km
2.
The seat of the municipality was in
Drosia. Although part of the Euboea regional unit, it is not located on the island
Euboea, but on the mainland, attached to the northeastern part of
Boeotia
Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (adm ...
.
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Map
Populated places in Euboea (regional unit)
Chalcis
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