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Mithymna
Mithymna () (, also sometimes spelled Methymna) is a town and former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality of West Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. Before 1919, its official name was Μόλυβος - Molyvos; that name dates back to the end of the Byzantine Era, but is still in common use today.
Eresos
Eresos (; ; ) and its twin beach village Skala Eresou are located in the southwest part of the Greek island of Lesbos. They are villages visited by considerable numbers of tourists. Its history begins in the early Greek Archaic period and famous Greeks of antiquity that were Eressians include Sappho, Theophrastos and Phaenias of Eresus.
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".
Petra
village on Lesvos in Greece
Polichnitos
thumb|Panoramic view of Polichnitos thumb|Traditional house in Polichnitos thumb|Traditional house in Polichnitos (closeup) thumb|Millstones from the old oilmill in Polichnitos Polichnitos () is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 3,438 (2021). The municipal unit is located in the central south coast of the island, adjacent to the south side of the Bay of Kalloni. It has a land area of 172.629 km2. Its municipal seat is
Agia Paraskevi Municipal Unit
subdivision of Dytiki Lesvos Municipality, Greece
Nisiopi
Megalonisi (), also Nisiopi (), is a long island near the west coast of the island Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. It is situated in front of Sigri's harbour, and stretches across the mouth of the bay and acts as a buffer to the prevailing winds. In the middle stands Megalonisi Lighthouse to help ships navigate in the rough east Aegean Sea.
Skala Eresou
village on Lesbos island, Greece
Antissa
Antissa () was a city of the island Lesbos (Lesvos), near to Cape Sigrium, the western point of Lesbos. The place had a harbour. The ruins found by Richard Pococke at Calas Limneonas, a little NE. of cape Sigri, may be those of Antissa. This place was the birthplace of Terpander, who is said to be the inventor of the seven-stringed lyre. According to the local historian Myrsilus of Methymna, local tradition held that the head of Orpheus had floated south from the Hebros after he was decapitated and floated south to land on the shore of Antissan territory: the spot was marked by a tomb where, a
Sigri
village on the island Lesbos, Greece
Mantamados municipal unit
Mantamados () is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality of West Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located at the northeast corner of the island, and has a land area of 122.435 km². Its population was 2,070 at the 2021 census. The municipal seat was the town of Mantamádos. Its largest other towns are Kápi, Kleió, and Pelópi.
Vrisa
Vrisa () is a village in the southern part of Lesbos island approximately 50 km from Mytilene. The village is named after one of the two girls Agamemnon took from Lesbos during the ten-year Trojan War. Five kilometers south is the famous Vatera beach. On June 12, 2017 Vrisa was severely damaged in an earthquake that struck approximately 12 km South of the town of Plomari. Most people could not return to their homes, rendering the village effectively a "ghost village".
West Lesvos Municipality
post 2019 municipality of Greece
Chidira
right|thumb|G. Jakobides, ''The Children's Concert'' (1894). Oil on canvas, 176 εκ. x 250 εκ. National Gallery of Greece
Eresou-Antissis Municipal Unit
Eresos-Antissa () is a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. From the 2010 local government reform until 2019 it was part of the municipality of Lesbos and since 2019 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of West Lesvos. It is located in the westernmost part of the island, and is the largest municipal unit of the island in land area at 290.947 km². Its population was 4,259 at the 2021 census. The seat of the municipality was in Eresos. The next largest towns are Antissa, Mesótopos, Vatoússa and Chidira.
Agra
village in Lesvos, Greece