Petras
Petra is a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality of West Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit.Photo: Mhwater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,250 residents
- Description: village on Lesvos in Greece
- Postal code: 81109
Localities in the Area
Mithymna
Village
Photo: Rosa-Maria Rinkl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mithymna is a town and former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Mithymna is situated 4½ km north of Petras.
Petras
- Category: locality
- Location: Lesbos, Lesvos, North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.32737° or 39° 19' 39" northLongitude
26.17556° or 26° 10' 32" eastPopulation
1,250Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR PLVOpen Location Code
8GF885GG+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1320178047OpenStreetMap Feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
255439Wikidata ID
Q1240371Petras Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: بيترا
- Arabic: بيترا، ليسفوس
- Bulgarian: Петра
- Cebuano: Pétra
- Dutch: Petra
- Egyptian Arabic: قريه پيترا
- Egyptian Arabic: پيترا
- English: Petra, Lesbos
- English: Petra
- Finnish: Pétra
- French: Pétra
- German: Petra
- Greek: Pétra
- Greek: Πέτρα
- Greek: Πέτρα Λέσβου
- Italian: Petra
- Japanese: ペトラ (レスヴォス県)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Pétra på Lésvos
- Russian: Петра
- Swedish: Pétra
Other Places Named Petras
Localities in the Area
- Crossroad Petra - PetriLocality
- PetrionVillage
- AnaxosVillage, 2½ km southwest
- LafionasVillage, 3 km south
- Crossroad Petri, Petra - StipsiLocality, 3 km southeast
Landmarks in the Area
- ΤαχυδρομείοPost office
- Άγιος ΝικόλαοςChurch
- Vareltzidena HouseMuseum
- Παναγία ΓλυκοφιλούσαChurch
- Άγιος ΓεώργιοςChurch
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Petras. Photo: Mhwater, CC BY-SA 3.0.