Kalloni

Kalloni (Greek: Καλλονή) is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies in the west-central part of Lesbos. It has a land area of 241.946 km². At the 2001 census it had a population of 8,194 inhabitants. The municipal seat was the town of Kalloní (pop. 1,732). Its largest other towns are Ágra (990), Parákoila (926), Dáfia (851), Fília (636), Skalochóri (581), Anemótia (534), and Kerámi (524). It was known as Kalonya during Ottoman rule and was a nahiya (township) center at Molova kaza of Midilli sanjak before joining to Greece in 1912. Kalloni is a beautiful natural spot, since it is...