Lero

Leros (), also called Lero (from the Italian language), is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese in the southern Aegean Sea. It lies from Athens's port of Piraeus, from which it can be reached by a nine-hour ferry ride or by a 45-minute flight from Athens. It is about from Turkey. Leros is part of the Kalymnos regional unit. It has a population of 7,992 (2021).

Key facts

Greek Dimos.elevation_min: 0
Greek Dimos.name: Leros
Greek Dimos.name_local: Λέρος
Greek Dimos.type: municipality
Greek Dimos.image_map: 2011 Dimos Lerou.png
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: File:Leros, Greece - panoramio.jpg
Greek Dimos.caption_skyline: View of Panteli village in Leros
Greek Dimos.elevation_max: 320
Greek Dimos.periph: South Aegean
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Kalymnos
Greek Dimos.pop_municipality: 7992
Greek Dimos.area_municipality: 74.17
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.postal_code: 854 00
Greek Dimos.area_code: 22470
Greek Dimos.licence: ΚΧ, ΡΟ, ΡΚ
Greek Dimos.website: www.leros.gr
Greek Dimos.seat: Agia Marina

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Official website

Leros Municipality | Δήμος Λέρου

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: island
Part of: Dodecanese
Country: Greece
Located in: Dodecanese
Area: 54.052
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Body of water: Aegean Sea
Location: Aegean Sea
Official website: www.leros.gr
Image: Leros, Greece - panoramio.jpg
Patron saint: Gavrielia Papagianni

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native label: Λέρος
Commons category: Leros
topic's main category: Category:Leros
postal code: 854 00
located in/on physical feature: Dodecanese

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Article · Italiano

Lero (in greco moderno: Λέρος, traslitterato: Leros) è un'isola dell'Egeo nell'arcipelago del Dodecaneso. Fa parte dell'Unità Periferica di Calimno. Famosa nell'antichità per il culto alla dea Artemide, è oggi un'isola a prevalente economia turistica. Dal punto di vista amministrativo fa parte del comune omonimo, che comprende anche alcuni isolotti circostanti.

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