Pythagoreio
Sign in to savePythagoreio () is a town and municipal unit on the island of Samos, North Aegean, Greece. Before the 2011 local government reform, Pythagoreio was a municipality. Since 2019, it is a municipal unit of East Samos. In 2021, the town's population was 7,515. It is the largest municipal unit in land area on Samos, at . It shares the island with the municipal units of Vathy, Karlovasi, and Marathokampos. The archaeological remains in the town, known collectively as Pythagoreion, has designated a joint UNESCO World Heritage Site with nearby Heraion.
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Πυθαγορείου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Βόρειου Αιγαίου
- Country
- Ελλάς
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Pythagoreio
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Πυθαγόρειο
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Pythagoriou.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- North Aegean
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Samos
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- East Samos
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 7515
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 1538
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 164.7
- Greek Dimos.licence
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +1272
- Elevation
- +9
- Image
- Pythagorion.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Historical population
- Tourism and places of interest
- Famous people
- See also
- Notes
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Pythagoreio () is a town and municipal unit on the island of Samos, North Aegean, Greece. Before the 2011 local government reform, Pythagoreio was a municipality. Since 2019, it is a municipal unit of East Samos. In 2021, the town's population was 7,515. It is the largest municipal unit in land area on Samos, at . It shares the island with the municipal units of Vathy, Karlovasi, and Marathokampos. The archaeological remains in the town, known collectively as Pythagoreion, has designated a joint UNESCO World Heritage Site with nearby Heraion.
The seat of the municipality was the town of Pythagorio, formerly known as Tigani. The town was renamed in 1955 to honour the locally born mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras. The port of the town is considered to be the oldest man-made port of the Mediterranean Sea.