Agios Spyridonas (Pieria)
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Agios Spyridonas is a village in the former municipality of Dion, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos
Dio-Olympos
Dio-Olympos is a municipality in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Litochoro.-Municipality:...

, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the region of Macedonia. With a population of over 1.8 million, it is the second most populous in Greece after Attica.- Administration :...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

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The community is known for having a large tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

industry, although this is disappearing as the value of tobacco lowers.

The main church in the village is dedicated to Saint Spyridon, the namesake of the village.
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