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The municipality of Lesbos (86,436 inhabitants in 2011; 16,328 ha) covers the island of the same name, located off the western coast of Turkey. The municipality was formed in the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the 13 former municipalities of Agia Paraskevi (Αγία Παρασκευή, 2,628 inh.), Agiasos (Αγιάσος, 2,498 inh.), Gera (Γέρα, 6,985 inh.), Eresos Antissa (Ερεσός-Άντισσα, 5,530 inh.), Evergetoulas (Ευεργέτουλας, 3,336 inh.), Kalloni (Καλλονή, 8,194 inh.), Loutropoli Thermis (Λουτρόπολη Θερμής, 3,809 inh.), Mantamados (Μανταμάδος, 3,210 inh.), Mithymna (Μήθυμνα, 2,433 inh.), Mytilene (Μυτιλήνη, 37,890 inh.), Petra (Πέτρα, 3,358 inh.), Plomari (Πλωμάρι, 6,698 inh.), and Polichnitos (Πολίχνιτος, 5,288 inh.).
Olivier Touzeau, 17 August 2013
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image by Olivier Touzeau, 17 August 2013
Gera is located in the southeastern part of the island; its municipal seat was the town of Pappados (Παππάδος, 1,510 inh.).
The flag of Gera (Kokkonis website) was white with the municipal logo.
Olivier Touzeau, 17 August 2013
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image by Olivier Touzeau, 21 June 2014
Polichnitos is located in the central south coast of the island, adjacent to the south side of the Bay of Kalloni. Its flag (Kokkonis website) was white with the municipality's emblem, which shows a white stork nest.
Olivier Touzeau, 21 June 2014