West Lesbos
Δυτική Λέσβος
West Lesbos is located in Greece
West Lesbos
West Lesbos
Location within the region
Coordinates: 39°14′N 26°09′E / 39.233°N 26.150°E / 39.233; 26.150
CountryGreece
Administrative regionNorth Aegean
Regional unitLesbos
Government
 • MayorTaxiarchis Verros
Area
 • Municipality1,072 km2 (414 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipality
28,564
 • Municipality density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationMY
Website

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.[2] The seat of the municipality is in Kalloni.[2]

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 [3]

Municipal Units

The municipality consists of the following seven subdivisions:[2]

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

Mayors

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

References

  1. ↑ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. 1 2 3 "Τροποποίηση του άρθρου 1 του ν. 3852/2010" [Amendment of Article 1 of l. 3852/2010] (in Greek). Government Gazette. p. 1164.
  3. ↑ "Municipality of West Lesvos | Municipal Elections – May 2019". Ministry of Internal Affairs (Greece). 3 June 2019. p. ypes.gr. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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