Poros
Sign in to savePoros (; ) is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, about south of the port of Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a wide sea channel, with the town of Galatas on the mainland across the strait. Its surface area is about and it has 3,261 inhabitants (2021). The ancient name of Poros was Pogon. Like other ports in the Saronic, it is a popular weekend destination for Athenian travellers.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Poros
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Πόρος
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Porou.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Attica
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Islands
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 3261
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 49.582
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 180 20
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 22980
- Greek Dimos.licence
- YI, YK, YM, YN
- Greek Dimos.website
- www.poros.gr
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Poros aerial viw.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- View of Poros
- Greek Dimos.mayor
- Georgios Koutouzis
- Greek Dimos.since
- 2023
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Antiquity
- Roman and Byzantine times
- Venetian period
- Ottoman period
- The Greek Revolution
- Russian naval base
- Twentieth century
- Main sights
- Historical population
- Notable people
- Transportation
- See also
- References
- External links
Poros (; ) is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, about south of the port of Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a wide sea channel, with the town of Galatas on the mainland across the strait. Its surface area is about and it has 3,261 inhabitants (2021). The ancient name of Poros was Pogon. Like other ports in the Saronic, it is a popular weekend destination for Athenian travellers.
Poros consists of two islands: Sphaeria (, ), the southern part, which is of volcanic origin, where today's city is located, and Kalaureia (, ), also Kalavria or Calauria (meaning 'gentle breeze'), the northern and largest part. A bridge connects the two islands over a narrow strait.