Agios Petros, Lefkada

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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.

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[edit] Subdivisions

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

[edit] Nearest places

[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.

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[edit] See also

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