Eresos-Antissa

Eresos-Antissa

Eresos-Antissa

Municipal unit in Greece

Eresos-Antissa (Greek: Ερεσός-Άντισσα) is a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. From the 2010 local government reform until 2019 it was part of the municipality of Lesbos[2] and since 2019 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of West Lesvos.[3][4] It is located in the westernmost part of the island, and is the largest municipal unit of the island in land area at 290.947 km².[5] Its population was 4,259 at the 2021 census. The seat of the municipality was in Eresos. The next largest towns are Antissa, Mesótopos, Vatoússa and Chidira.

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Notable people

  • Terpander (7th century BC) poet and citharode

References

  1. [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. [2]
    "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. [3]
    "Περιγραφή Δήμου". Δήμος Δυτικής Λέσβου (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  4. [4]
    "Τροποποίηση του άρθρου 1 του ν. 3852/2010" [Amendment of Article 1 of l. 3852/2010] (in Greek). Government Gazette. p. 1164.
  5. [5]
    "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.
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