Aisonia

Municipal unit in Greece

Aisonia Αισωνία
Municipal unit
39°21′N 22°53′E / 39.350°N 22.883°E / 39.350; 22.883
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Magnesia
Municipality	Volos
Area
• Municipal unit	75.5 km² (29.2 sq mi)
Elevation	62 m (203 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	3,002
• Municipal unit density	40/km² (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	385 00
Area code(s)	24210
Vehicle registration	ΒΟ

Aisonia (Greek: Αισωνία) is a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volos, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 75.504 km².^[3] Population 3,249 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Dimini. The name of the municipality comes from Aeson, king of ancient Iolcus.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Aisonia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

Dimini (Dimini, Kakkavos, Paliouri)
Sesklo (Sesklo, Chrysi Akti Panagias)

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	2,897	—
2001^[3]	3,059	+5.6%
2011^[4]	3,249	+6.2%
2021^[1]	3,002	−7.6%

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ ^a ^b "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.
^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.