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Periphery: North Aegean
Prefecture : Lesbos

Eresos or Eressos (Greek: Ερεσός) and its twin beach village Scala Eressou are located in the southwest part of the Greek island of Lesbos. They are charming villages visited by considerable number of tourists. Eressos and the adjacent village, Antissa, constitute a municipality of the island.

Eressos
Sigri - the westernmost community in the island of Lesbos
Skala Eressou

Eresos was named after Eresos a son of Macar in Greek Mythology

The municipality of Eresos – Antissa contains five other villages: Messotopos, Vatoussa, Hydira, Sigri and Pterounda located in the west and most barren part of the island. Bare rocky hills, derived from ancient volcanic activity, dominate the area. Skala Eressou sports international tourism and is a favorite spot of Greek families, young people as well as gay women. With its long beautiful beach with dark volcanic sand and its crystal-clear un-polluted water, Skala Eressou was awarded Blue Flag by the European Council on Environment. Its history goes back to ancient times, the first Eressian known was the historian Phalias, ca.650 BC, Sappho, the great lyric poetess was born there ca. 630 BC, as was Theophrastus,the successor of Aristotle and Father of Botany in the 4th century BC. It is remarkable that such a small provincial town could have produced such exceptional personalities.

Other

Eresos has a few schools, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square (plateia).

Division of the former municipality

Eresos / Δ.δ. Ερεσού [ 1.581 ]
- Eresos / η Ερεσός [ 1.097 ]
- Skala Eresou / η Σκάλα Ερεσού [ 354 ]
- Chliara / τα Χλιαρά [ 67 ]
- Christos / ο Χριστός [ 17 ]
- Psinia / τα Ψίνια [ 46 ]
Antissa / Δ.δ. Αντίσσης [ 1.340 ]
- Antissa / η Άντισσα [ 900 ]
- Gavvathas / ο Γαββαθάς [ 118 ]
- Kampos / ο Κάμπος [ 156 ]
- Lygeri / η Λυγερή [ 44 ]
- Moni Agiou Ioanni Theologou / η Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννου Θεολόγου [ 17 ]
- Pedinon / το Πεδινόν [ 92 ]
- Pochis (island) / ο Πόχης (νησίδα) [ 0 ]
- Tzithra / η Τζίθρα [ 13 ]
Vatoussa / Δ.δ. Βατούσσης [ 570 ]
- Vatoussa / η Βατούσσα [ 529 ]
- Revma / το Ρεύμα [ 41 ]
Mesotopos / Δ.δ. Μεσοτόπου [ 1.039 ]
- Mesotopos / ο Μεσότοπος [ 853 ]
- Podaras / ο Ποδαράς [ 47 ]
- Tavari / το Ταβάρι [ 102 ]
- Chrousos / ο Χρούσος [ 37 ]
Pterounta / Δ.δ. Πτερούντος -- η Πτερούντα [ 150 ]
Sigri / Δ.δ. Σιγρίου [ 402 ]
- Sigri / το Σίγρι [ 402 ]
- Megalonisi (island) / το Μεγαλονήσι (νησίδα) [ 0 ]
Chidira / Δ.δ. Χιδήρων -- τα Χίδηρα [ 448 ]