Oropos
Oropos, or
Oropus (Greek: Ωρωπός) is a
Greek seaport, on the Southern Euboean Gulf, in
Attica, opposite
Eretria. Oropos is located N of
Avlona and
Athens, E of
Thebes and SE of
Chalcis. Oropos is linked with the road linking
Nea Palatia and
Sikamino and Oropos. Oropos is linked with the with the service road which links with the
GR-1/
E75 at its nearest interchanges. The area around Oropos are farmlands with groves to the south with some mountains to the south. South of the superhighway is the
Parnitha mountain.
Businesses are the most popular industry Oropos, agriculture dominates the farmlands.
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Asprochori*
Chalkoutsi, north
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Skala Oropou, northeast
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Milessi, east
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Avlona, south
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Oinofyta, west
In ancient times, it was a border city between
Boeotia and Attica, and its possession was a continual cause of dispute between the two countries; but ultimately it came into possession of Athens, and was always as an Attic town even during the
Roman Empire. The actual harbour, which was called Delphinium, was at the mouth of the
Asopus, about a mile north of the city.
The famous
oracle of Amphiaraus was situated in the territory of Oropus, 12
stadia from the city. The site has been excavated by the
Greek Archaeological Society; it contained a temple, a sacred spring, into which coins were thrown by worshippers, altars and porticoes, and a small theatre, of which the
proskenion is well preserved. Worshippers used to consult the oracle of Amphiaraus by sleeping on the skin of a slaughtered ram within the sacred building.
Oropos has a school and a lyceum or a middle school, a gymnasia or a high school, churches, a post office and a few squares (
plateies).
| Year | Population | Change | Communal population |
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| 1981 | 672 | - | - |
| 1991 | 784 | 112/16.67% | 924 |
| 2001 | - | - | - |
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*Coordinates:
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List of municipalities of Attica, Including communities
