Moudros

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Moudros (Greek Μούδρος ( m. sg. ) ) Is a village with 974 inhabitants ( as of 2011) in the east of the Greek island of Limnos and administrative center of the municipality of the same name. Until the administrative reform in 2010 Moudros formed a separate municipality.

Location

The mostly flat, the north and south hilly area of the municipality extends over the entire eastern peninsula, which in turn is divided into two roughly equal peninsulas. The a peninsula extending into the north-east and the other south. In the West, at the narrowest point with less than 4 km from Lemnos the district Atsiki borders. This is followed by the south of the 12 km long and 4 km wide Gulf of Moudros ( Κόλπος Μουδρου ) with the same administrative headquarters of Moudros. The eastern part of the coast between Cape draw Petsia ( Ακρωτήριο Πετσιά ) and Cape Agios Soson ( Ακρωτήριο Άγιος Σωζών ) five sandy beaches from which extend over several kilometers. Here are the 6 km ² large salt lagoon Aliki ( Λίμνη Αλυκή ), the 2,3 km ² large brackish lake Chortarolimni ( Χορταρολίμνη ) and between the two of Asprolimni ( Ασπρόλιμνη ) with about 0.42 km ². Overall, the North South extension of the Cape Plaka ( Ακρωτήριο Πλάκα ) to the north-eastern point of the island and the Cape Agia Irini ( Ακρωτήριο Ειρήνη ) is the southeastern 29 km away. West of Cape Plaka is the Agios Charalambos Bay ( Όρμος Άγιος Χαράλαμπος ) then passes the coast towards the southwest to Kotsinas at the apex of the Gulf of Pournia ( Κόλπος Πουρνιας ) the second largest bay on the island.

History

Several localities of microliths along the east coast show the human presence to the end of the last ice age about 15,000 years ago. Ouriakos is interpreted as a storage place of hunter-gatherer groups.

In Poliochni have archaeological excavations indicate a settlement in the 5th or 4th millennium BC, that the prehistoric city also known as the " oldest city in Europe " earned.

Importance was Moudros in the First World War by the British efforts under Winston Churchill early 1915 to gain control of the Dardanelles. In addition, the port for the Allies in the First World War was the basis for the blockade of the Dardanelles ( Gallipoli Campaign ).

In the world history of the port came in, as there aboard HMS Agamemnon the Armistice of Moudros between Turkey and the Allies was signed on 30 October 1918 which meant the surrender of the Ottoman Empire.

Administrative divisions

The municipality Moudros divided into one municipality and eleven local communities. The population figures are from the census of 2011.

Demographics

The concentration of population in Myrina the administrative center of the island is associated with the decline and aging of the population of rural areas. Contrary to the official data of 4,842 residents in 2001, the actual population amounted to 4,518 people.

Conservation

The long beaches in the east along with the Aliki lagoon salt and brackish Chortarolimni offer birds like geese rust, fire geese, pink flamingos, lesser kestrel, Trielen and avocets ideal breeding and living conditions. Therefore, the two Natura 2000 were areas GR 4110001, Chortarolimni - reported Lake Aliki and Marine Area Limnos ( Χορταρολίμνη - Λίμνη Αλυκή & Θαλάσσια Περιοχή Νήσου Λήμνου ) and GR 4110006, Chortarolimni and Aliki Limni ( Χορταρολίμνη & Αλυκή νήσου Λήμνου ), which are largely the Important Bird Area GR 132 Lakes Chortaro and Aliki, Moudros gulf, correspond Diapori fen, and Fakos peninsula (GR 132 Λίμνες Χορταρό και Αλυκή, Κόλπος Μούδρου, Έλος Διαπόρι και Χερσόνησος Φακός ).