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West Lesbos Δυτική Λέσβος
Municipality
West LesbosLocation within the region
Coordinates: 39°14′N 26°09′E / 39.233°N 26.150°E / 39.233; 26.150
Country	Greece
Administrative region	North Aegean
Regional unit	Lesbos
Government
• Mayor	Taxiarchis Verros (since 2019)
Area
• Municipality	1,072 km (414 sq mi)
Population
• Municipality	24,721
• Density	23/km (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	MY
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. The seat of the municipality is in Kalloni.

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

Municipal Units

The municipality consists of the following seven subdivisions:

Mayors

References

1. Municipality of West Lesvos, Municipal elections – October 2023, Ministry of Interior
2. "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.
3. ^ "Τροποποίηση του άρθρου 1 του ν. 3852/2010" [Amendment of Article 1 of l. 3852/2010] (in Greek). Government Gazette. p. 1164.
4. "Municipality of West Lesvos | Municipal Elections – May 2019". Ministry of Internal Affairs (Greece). 3 June 2019. p. ypes.gr. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

External links

• Online books
• Resources in your library
• Resources in other libraries

• Official West Lesbos Municipality Website

v t e Administrative division of the North Aegean Region
Area 3,836 km (1,481 sq mi) Population 199,231 (as of 2011) Municipalities 9 (since 2011) Capital Mytilini (Lesbos)
Regional unit of Chios	Chios Oinousses Psara
Regional unit of Ikaria	Fournoi Korseon Ikaria
Regional unit of Lemnos	Agios Efstratios Lemnos
Regional unit of Lesbos	Mytilene West Lesbos
Regional unit of Samos	East Samos West Samos
Regional governor Kostas Moutzouris [el] (since 2019) Decentralized Administration Aegean

• Municipalities of the North Aegean
• Populated places in Lesbos
• West Lesbos
• 2019 establishments in Greece