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.