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Skiathos

In Greek: Σκιάθος

Skiathos is a town in the municipality of Skiathos, in the Sporades regional unit of Thessaly, Greece, at an elevation of 5 metres and 21 km in a straight line from Skopelos. At the 2021 census it had 4,897 inhabitants.

Skiathos, Sporades regional unit, Greece
Photo: fabiolah, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Type
town
Regional unit
Sporades
Municipality
Skiathos
Elevation
5 m
Population
4,897 (2021)
Postcode
37002
Distance
21 km from Skopelos

Population in the census

Between 1991 and 2021 the population grew by 16%.

Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority censuses, via Wikidata.

From Wikipedia

Skiathos is a city on the island of Skiathos in the Aegean Sea belonging to Greece. Skiathos town has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, many churches, banks, a post office, and a square. It has a port which shelters small boats and from where ferry services connect to Skopelos, Volos, Agios Konstantinos and the rest of Greece.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Skiathos (town)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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