Plomari ( el, Πλωμάρι) is a town and a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
on the island of
Lesbos
Lesbos or Lesvos ( el, Λέσβος, Lésvos ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece. It is separated from Anatolia, Asia Minor ...
,
North Aegean
The North Aegean Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Βορείου Αιγαίου, translit=Periféria Voríou Eyéou, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, and the smallest of the thirteen by population. It comprises the isla ...
, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Mytilene
Mytilene (; el, Μυτιλήνη, Mytilíni ; tr, Midilli) is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the North Aegean Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University of ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
It is the only sizable coastal settlement in the south, and the second largest town on Lesbos. The municipal unit of Plomari is the southernmost on Lesbos island and has a land area of 122.452 km
2 and a 2011 census population of 5,602. Its largest towns or villages are Plomári, the former municipal seat (pop. 2,996), Plagiá (529),
Palaiochóri (314), Megalochóri (325), and Akrási (214).
Description
![Plomari a](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Plomari_a.JPG)
Plomari is located due south of
Mount Olympos
Mount Olympus (; el, Όλυμπος, Ólympos, also , ) is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, be ...
. It offers scenic appeal as well as the presence of its famous
ouzo
Ouzo ( el, ούζο, ) is a dry anise-flavored aperitif that is widely consumed in Greece. It is made from rectified spirits that have undergone a process of distillation and flavoring. Its taste is similar to other anise liquors like pastis, ...
-distilling industry. Brands can be sampled at the traditional
kafenia. The local festival (or "panigiri") season kicks off in mid-July with an ouzo festival, and culminates towards the end month in celebrations honouring Agios Haralambos and including such rural activities as horse race. The seaside summer
resort
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of Agios Isidoros lies on the east, two kilometers far from Plomari, while the seaside neighbourhood Ammoudeli, with the church of
Agios Panteleimonas
Agios Panteleimonas (Greek: Άγιος Παντελεήμωνας) is a small coastal settlement in the community of Lechaina, Greece. It is 4 km northwest of Lechaina proper. Its population was 37 in the 2011 census. There are two churches, A ...
, is located on the west. Agios Isidoros has been voted as the seventh best beach of
Greece
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, in a voting that took place through the internet for the program of clean coasts. West of Plomari 6 km away you can reach
Melinda
Melinda is a feminine given name.
Etymology
The modern name ''Melinda'' is a combination of "Mel" with the suffix "-inda". "Mel" can be derived from names such as Melanie meaning "dark, black" in Greek, or from Melissa (μέλισσα) meaning ...
, a 700-metre sand-and-shingle beach at the mouth of a canyon choked with olive trees.
Province
The province of Plomari ( el, Επαρχία Πλωμαρίου) was one of the
provinces
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of the Lesbos Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipal unit Plomari and the village
Stavros.
[ ] It was abolished in 2006.
Sport
There is a sports club based in Plomari called Egeas Plomariou (Greek: ''Αιγέας Πλωμαρίου'') best known for its
football
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team that currently plays in one of
local football championships of Greece :''The first version of this article has been based in the text of the Greek Wikipedia published under GFDL.''
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, lowest leagues of
Greek football, and was founded in 1949. It has a
basketball
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team too.
Landmarks
* Polikentro
*
Ouzo Museum: The World of Ouzo (
Ouzo Plomari Ouzo Plomari (Greek: Ούζο Πλωμάρι) is the name of a historic Greek ouzo company on the island of Lesbos, Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the ...
Isidoros Arvanitis industry)
* Ouzo Museum (Varvagianni)
* Soap museum
People
*
Veniamin Lesvios
Benjamin of Lesbos ( el, Βενιαμίν Λέσβιος; alternatively transliterated as Veniamin of Lesvos or Lesvios; 1759–1824) was a Greek monk, scholar, and politician who was a significant figure in the Modern Greek Enlightenment.
Biogr ...
, scholar
References
External links
Travel Guide About Plomari & Ouzo.
{{Landmarks of Lesbos
Populated places in Lesbos
Provinces of Greece