Andros (town) explained

Andros
Name Local:Άνδρος
Type:municipal unit
Periph:South Aegean
Periphunit:Andros
Municipality:Andros
Pop Municunit:3918
Pop Community:1774
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:102.8
Coordinates:37.8333°N 80°W
Licence:EM
Caption Skyline:Andros town

Andros (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Άνδρος), also called Chora (Χώρα, "main town"), is a town and a former municipality on the island of Andros, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andros, of which it is a municipal unit, and shares the island of Andros with the municipal units of Korthio and Ydrousa.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 102.756 km2.[2] Its population was 3,918 inhabitants at the 2021 census.

It has a mixture of post-World War I neoclassical mansions with vernacular Cycladic houses. The town squares are paved with marble. At the end of the headland are two islands. The first, linked to the mainland by a brick bridge, with a ruined Venetian castle and the second with a lighthouse. There are four museums: the extensive Archaeological Museum, Museum of Modern Art, a Nautical Museum and a Folklore Museum.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
  2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .