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Avlida Αυλίδα
Municipal unit
AvlidaLocation within the regional unit
Coordinates: 38°24′N 23°36′E / 38.400°N 23.600°E / 38.400; 23.600
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Greece
Regional unit	Euboea
Municipality	Chalcis
Area
• Municipal unit	122.2 km (47.2 sq mi)
Population
• Municipal unit	10,006
• Municipal unit density	82/km (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΧΑ

Avlida (Greek: Αυλίδα, pronounced [avˈliða]) or Aulis (/ˈɔːlɪs/) a former municipality in Euboea regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chalcis, of which it is a municipal unit. The population was 10,006 inhabitants at the 2021 census, and the land area is 122.235 km. The seat of the municipality was in Vathy. 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.

Traditionally, it is identified with the ancient Aulis, the port from which the Greek army set sail for the Trojan War and the setting for the Euripides play, Iphigenia in Aulis.

History

It is unknown when exactly Avlida was founded. The region was settled in Antiquity, but the modern settlement likely dates to the early 11th century, when the local church of Saint Nicholas was built. Additional Byzantine-era remains have been found near the location of the ancient temple of Artemis. In 1350, as part of the war between the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Genoa, the Venetians defeated and captured a Genoese fleet of fourteen Genoese galleys on the coast off Avlida. In the late 14th century, Avlida likely became part of the a five-mile wide strip of land along the coast owned by the Venetians, across from the Venetian colony of Euboea (Negroponte).

References

1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
4. ^ Koder, Johannes; Hild, Friedrich (1976). Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Band 1: Hellas und Thessalia (in German). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. 130. ISBN 978-3-7001-0182-6.

External links

• Official website (in Greek)

• Populated places in Euboea (regional unit)
• Chalcis
• Territories of the Republic of Venice