Agios Petros, Lefkada

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Agios Petros Άγιος Πέτρος
Statistics
Prefecture:	Lefkada
Province:	none
Municipality:	Apollonioi
Number of municipal districts:	2 (Agios Petros Ponti Agiou Petrou)
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	38.64 (38°39'58") N 21.601 (21°36'7") E
Population: (2001) -Municipal district: -Village: Percent of the municipality	617 578 4.88%
Altitude:  -lowest:  -centre:	330 m
Postal code:	GR-310 82
Area/distance code:	11-(00)30-26420
Car designation:	EY

Agios Petros (Greek: Άγιος Πέτρος) is a town in the municipality of Apollonii of the Lefkada Prefecture in the southern part of the Lefkada Island in Greece. Agios Petros is 6 km northwest of Vassiliki and is linked with a road linking with Vassiliki and Lefkada as well as the GR-42 which links with the mainland with a drawbridge.

Contents 1 Subdivisions 2 Nearest places 3 Geography 4 Population 5 Other 6 External links 7 See also

[edit] Subdivisions

• Ponti Agiou Petrou (Πόντη Αγίου Πέτρου) [2001 pop: 39]

[edit] Nearest places

• Agios Ilias, northeast
• Athani, southwest
• Vassiliki, southeast

[edit] Geography

The village is situated in a small valley area where farmlands are located and some cattle and groves on the mountain slopes. The Elati mountains surround the village.

[edit] Population

Year	Village Population	Percent of the municipality	Change	Municipal district population	Percent of the municipality
1981	725	-	-	-	-
1991	647	-	-78 or -10.76%	-	-
2001	578	17.87%	-69 or -10.66%	617	19.07%

[edit] Other

Agios Petros has a church and a small square (plateia). The village's primary school is in nearby Vasiliki, the municipal seat.

[edit] External links

• Map and aerial photos:
• Agios Ilias on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)
  • Street map information from: Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google or Yahoo! Maps
  • Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
• Coordinates: 38°39′58″N, 21°36′7″E

[edit] See also

• List of settlements in the Lefkada prefecture