Kalloni
Kalloni (Greek: Καλλονή) 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".
Kalloni
Καλλονή | |
|---|---|
Municipal unit | |
View of the harbour in Skala Kallonis | |
Kalloni Location within the regional unit | |
| Coordinates: 39°14′N 26°15′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | North Aegean |
| Regional unit | Lesbos |
| Municipality | West Lesbos |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 241.9 km2 (93.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Municipal unit | 7,762 |
| • Municipal unit density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) |
| • Community | 2,161 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 81107 |
| Area code(s) | 22530 |
| Vehicle registration | MY |
| Website | www.kallonh.gr |
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.