Kalloni

Kalloni () is a town in the west-central part of the island of Lesbos, Greece. It is the seat of the West Lesbos municipality and the Kalloni municipal unit within it. Prior to 2011 the current municipal unit was a municipality. The name also existed in ancient times, though the conventional transcription of the classical name in English is "Callone".

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Place details

Locality: Καλλονή
Region: Περιφέρεια Βόρειου Αιγαίου
Country: Ελλάς
Population: 7,762
Timezone: Europe/Athens

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Kalloni
Greek Dimos.name_local: Καλλονή
Greek Dimos.type: municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map: DE Kallonis.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption: Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph: North Aegean
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Lesbos
Greek Dimos.municipality: West Lesbos
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 7762
Greek Dimos.pop_community: 2161
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit: 241.9
Greek Dimos.elevation: 20
Greek Dimos.postal_code: 81107
Greek Dimos.area_code: 22530
Greek Dimos.licence: MY
Greek Dimos.website: www.kallonh.gr
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: Flickr - ronsaunders47 - KALLONI HARBOUR WORKING BOATS...jpg

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Wikidata facts

Population: 1978
Elevation: 0
Official website: www.kallonh.gr
Image: Flickr - ronsaunders47 - Working boats in a Lesbos harbour..jpg
Dialing code: 22530
Licence plate code: MY

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Commons category: Kalloni
postal code: 811 07
native label: Καλλονή

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Historical sites
Bay and lagoon
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It has a land area of 241.946 km². At the 2021 census it had a population of 7,762 inhabitants. The municipal seat was the town of Kalloní. The unit's largest other towns are Agra, Parákoila, Dáfia, Fília, Skalochóri, Anemotia, and Kerámi. Kalloni was known as Kalonya during Ottoman rule, when it was a nahiya (township) center in the Molova kaza of the Midilli sanjak. Lesbos became part of the Kingdom of Greece in 1912.