West Lesbos
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West Lesbos (Greek: Δυτική Λέσβος, romanized: Dytiki Lesvos), sometimes also referred to as West Lesvos, is a municipality on the island of Lesbos in the North Aegean region in Greece. The municipality was formed from a decision by the Ministry of the Interior, published on 9 March 2019, which divided the pre-existing municipality of Lesbos.[3] The seat of the municipality is in Kalloni.[3]
West Lesbos
Δυτική Λέσβος | |
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Coordinates: 39°14′N 26°09′E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | North Aegean |
Regional unit | Lesbos |
Government | |
• Mayor | Taxiarchis Verros[1] (since 2019) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 1,072 km2 (414 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 24,721 |
• Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Vehicle registration | MY |
Website |
The municipality encompasses 36 towns and villages in a total area of 1,072 square kilometers.
The economy of the Municipality of West Lesbos is 90% dependent on agriculture and tourism, mainly olive production, stock-farming, fishing, tourism, geothermy and other renewable energy sources.
Molyvos, Eresos (as well as its sister beach Skala Eresou), Petra & Vatera are the major tourism hot spots in the summer.
The municipality's first mayor, who currently still serves in the position, is Taxiarchis Verros [4]