Agistri

Also known as Agkistri, Angistri

Agistri, also Angistri or Agkistri (Greek: Αγκίστρι , English: "fishing hook"), is a small populated island and municipality in the Saronic Gulf in the Islands regional unit, Greece.

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Agistri
Greek Dimos.name_local: Αγκίστρι
Greek Dimos.type: municipality
Greek Dimos.image_map: 2011 Dimos Angistriou.png
Greek Dimos.periph: Attica
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Islands
Greek Dimos.pop_municipality: 1131
Greek Dimos.area_municipality: 13.37
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.postal_code: 180 11
Greek Dimos.area_code: 22970
Greek Dimos.licence: Z
Greek Dimos.image_skyline

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Agistri, also Angistri or Agkistri (Greek: Αγκίστρι , English: "fishing hook"), is a small populated island and municipality in the Saronic Gulf in the Islands regional unit, Greece.

==Settlements== On this island with a land area of , there are only three settlements—Milos (Megalochori), Skala and Limenaria. Milos is the main village where the majority of the population of the island lives. Skala is a twenty-minute walk from Milos along the coastal road. Skala is where most of the tourist facilities and hotels are. Limenaria is a very small village on the other side of the island with very little tourism. The island's population is 1,131 inhabitants according to the 2021 Greek census.