Mithymna

Mithymna (Greek pronunciation: [ˈmiθimna]) (Greek: Μήθυμνα, formerly also Molyvos) is 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. The second most important town of the island, it is located NE of Eressos, N of Plomari and NW of Mytilene. The town (pop. 1,497 at 2001 census) is on the northern part of the island, just some 6 km north of the popular beach town of Petra. One of the most noticeable features of the town is the old Genoese fortress on the hill in the middle of the town. The municipal unit of Míthymna stretches eastward from the town along the northern part of the island; it is the island's...