Limni ( meaning "lake") is a town and a community in the northwestern part of the island of
Euboea
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,
Greece
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. It is located northwest of
Chalkida, the main city of Euboea, and southeast of the town of
Istiaia. Limni is part of the municipal unit of
Elymnioi, and it was the seat of the municipality Elymnioi. It is built at the foot of a mountain slope, on a bay of the
North Euboean Gulf. It has been suggested as the site of the ancient city of
Elymnion.
Subdivisions
The community Limni consists of the following settlements:
*Limni
*Chronia
*Katounia
*Myrtias
*Retsinolakkos
*Sipias
Population
People
Limni was the home of the
independence
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fighter
Angelis Govios,
Greek resistance activist
Lela Karagianni and the film director and screenwriter
Nikos Tsiforos. In 1959 the English writer
Philip Sherrard bought part of disused magnesite mine near Limni, planted trees and plants where the former mine installations had been, and restored the abandoned homes of the former directors who had lived there before the Second World War. From 1977 until his death in 1995 it was his permanent home. Greek-American real estate magnate
George M. Marcus was born in Limni in 1941.
See also
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List of settlements in the Euboea regional unit
*
Nativity of the Theotokos Church, Limni
References
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Populated places in Euboea
Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna