Karlovasi

Karlovasi (Greek: ) is a municipality on the island of Samos, Samos Prefecture, Greece. Population 9590 (2001).

The municipality shares the island of Samos with the municipalities of Vathy, Pythagoreio, and Marathokampos.

The University of the Aegean operates three departments (which form the School of Sciences) in the town: Mathematics, Department of Statistics and Acturial - Financial Mathematics , and Information and Communication Systems Engineering. There are about 2,037 students in this town.[2]

Karlovasi is a town with a rich history in culture and in commerce, being a flourishing tannery and tobacco manufacturing centre in the early 1900s. Many magnificent neoclassical mansions can be seen from that period as well as the remains of the large stone-built factories at the "Ormos" seaside.

As a result of the "Capodistrias" unification program, the town of Karlovasi (pop. 5,740) is the administration centre for the nearby villages of Platanos, Drakeoi, Kastania, Leka, Nikoloudes, Konteika, Kontakeika, Idroussa and Agioi Theodoroi.

Division of the municipality

  • Karlovasi / Δ.δ. Καρλοβασίων [ 5895 ]
    • Neo Karlovasi / το [ 5740 ]
    • Moni Profitou Iliou / η Μονή Προφήτου Ηλιού [ 91 ]
    • Potami / το Ποτάμι [ 12 ]
    • Sakkoulaiika / τα Σακκουλαίικα [ 25 ]
    • Sourides / οι Σουρήδες [ 27 ]
  • Agioi Theodoroi / Δ.δ. Αγίων Θεοδώρων -- οι Άγιοι Θεόδωροι [ 140 ]
  • Drakaioi / Δ.δ. Δρακαίων [ 129 ]
    • Drakaioi / οι [ 118 ]
    • Ormos Agiou Isidorou / ο Όρμος Αγίου Ισιδώρου [ 11 ]
  • Kastanea / Δ.δ. Καστανέας -- η Καστανέα [ 211 ]
  • Kontaiika / Δ.δ. Κονταίικων -- τα [ 505 ]
  • Kontakaiika / Δ.δ. Κοντακαίικων [ 904 ]
    • Kontakaiika / τα [ 578 ]
    • Agios Dimitrios / ο Άγιος Δημήτριος [ 146 ]
    • Agios Ilias / ο [ 64 ]
    • Agios Nikolaos / ο Άγιος Νικόλαος [ 33 ]
    • Vryses / οι [ 83 ]
    • Chatzistamoulides / οι Χατζησταμούληδες [ 0 ]
  • Kosmadaioi / Δ.δ. Κοσμαδαίων [ 181 ]
    • Kosmadaioi / οι [ 152 ]
    • Nikoloudes / οι Νικολούδες [ 29 ]
  • Leka / Δ.δ. Λέκας [ 528 ]
    • Leka / η [ 510 ]
    • Agios Panteleimon / ο Άγιος Παντελεήμων [ 18 ]
  • Platanos / Δ.δ. Πλατάνου -- ο Πλάτανος [ 577 ]
  • Ydroussa / Δ.δ. Υδρούσσης -- η [ 520 ]


Municipalities of the Samos Prefecture

Agios Kirykos | Evdilos | Fournoi Korseon | Karlovasi | Marathokampos | Pythagoreio | Raches | Vathy/Samos

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