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{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name               = Aidipsos
|name_local         = Αιδηψός
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Edipsou.svg 
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
|image_skyline      = Aidipsos.JPG
|caption_skyline    = 
|city_flag          = 
|city_seal          = 
|coordinates        = {{coord|38|52|N|23|03|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
| periph = [[Central Greece (administrative region)|Central Greece]]
| periphunit         = [[Euboea (regional unit)|Euboea]]
|municipality = [[Istiaia-Aidipsos]]
|population_as_of   = 2021
|pop_municunit      = 5766
|area_municunit     = 115.461
|postal_code        = 34300
|area_code          = 22260
|licence            = XA
|website            = 
}}

'''Aidipsos''' ({{langx|el|Αιδηψός}}, {{IPA|el|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, Euboea|Agios]] and [[Gialtra]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eetaa.gr/eetaa/metaboles/dkmet_details.php?id=7039 |title=EETAA local government changes |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref> Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality [[Istiaia-Aidipsos]], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{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 (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> The municipal unit has an area of 115.461&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{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 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }}</ref> 80 of Greece's 752 hot springs are located in Aidipsos, making it a popular tourist destination.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2002/mar/16/restandrelaxation.greece.beauty|title=Eternal springs|last=Field|first=June|date=2002-03-16|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref> The [[spa]]s date back more than 20,000 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2007/07/08/oped/erma.m..cuizon.sun.star.essay.html |title=Sun.star Essay: Spa up, spa down |last=Cuizon |first=Erma M. |date=2007-07-08 |publisher=Sunstar Daily News |accessdate=2008-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618071635/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2007/07/08/oped/erma.m..cuizon.sun.star.essay.html |archivedate=2008-06-18 }}</ref> Many famous personalities have visited the town, such as [[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]], [[Winston Churchill|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 populations
|align = none
|2001<ref name=stat01/>|6482
|2011<ref name=census11>{{cite web | url = http://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1210503/resident_population_census2011rev.xls | title = Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός | publisher = Hellenic Statistical Authority | language = el }}</ref>|6141
|2021<ref name="census21"/>|5766
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Populated places in Euboea]]
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