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]

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West Lesbos
Δυτική Λέσβος
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West Lesbos
West Lesbos
Location within the region
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Coordinates: 39°14′N 26°09′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionNorth Aegean
Regional unitLesbos
Government
  MayorTaxiarchis Verros[1] (since 2019)
Area
  Municipality
1,072 km2 (414 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
  Municipality
24,721
  Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationMY
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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]

Municipal Units

The municipality consists of the following seven subdivisions:[3]

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Municipal Unit Seat
Municipal Unit of Agia Paraskevi Agia Paraskevi
Municipal Unit of Eresos-Antissa Eresos
Municipal Unit of Kalloni Kalloni
Municipal Unit of Mantamados Mantamados
Municipal Unit of Mithymna Mithymna
Municipal Unit of Petra Petra
Municipal Unit of Polichnitos Polichnitos
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Mayors

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Mayor Party Start End
Taxiarchis Verros Mazi apo tin Archi September 1st, 2019
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References

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