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Edessa, Greece

(Redirected from Vodena)
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Prefecture: Pella (capital)
Province Edessa
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:

40.7975/40°47'55" N lat.
22.046/22°2'44" E long
Population: (2001)
 - Total
 - Density¹
 - Rank

  25,051

 -/km²
Elevation:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
 -highest:

about 200 m
320 m(centre)
southern part
Number of communities: -
Postal code: 582 00
Area/distance code: 11-30-23810 (030-23810)-2
Municipal code: 4104
Car designation: EE
3-letter abbreviation: EDE Edessa
Name of inhabitants: Edessan sing.
-s pl.
Address of administration: 1 Egon Square
Edessa 582 00
Website: www.edessacity.gr

Edessa (Έδεσσα) is a town in of 25,000 inhabitants in northern Greece, the capital of the Pella prefecture and is also the provincial capital of the province of the same name. It is also known as Vodena (Slavic: Voda, "water") and it is nicknamed "town of the waters", due to its rich aquatic resources and its tourist attraction of the waterfalls, located in the actual town center. Edessa dates back to ancient times.

Edessa is also the home of the Marketing and Administration Department of the University of Macedonia. Website

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Communications

Television

  • TAS

Other

Edessa has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a train station (Florina - Edessa - Veria), a sports centre, a post office, and squares (plateies) including Egon Square .

Historical population

Year Population Change Municipal population Change
1981 16,642 - - -
1991 17,128 428/2.57% 25,051 -
2003 - - - -

References

  • F. Papazoglou , Les villes de Macédoine romaine = The Cities of Roman Macedonia, BCH Suppl. 16, 1988, 127-131.

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See also

Last updated: 10-13-2005 13:08:58
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