Kastos

Infobox Greek Isles
name = Kastos
native_name = Καστός
skyline =
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coordinates = coord|38|34|N|20|55|E|type:isle_region:GR|display=inline,title
chain = Ionian Islands
isles =
area = 5.901
highest_mount =
elevation = 142
periph = Ionian Islands
prefect = Lefkada
capital = Kastos (city)
population = 120
pop_as_of = 2001
postal = 310 80
telephone = 26290
license = EY
website =

Kastos ( _el. Καστός) is a Greek island and an administrative community of the Ionian Archipelago. It is part of the Lefkada prefecture. Until the mid-1970s, the island was administered under the Kefalonia prefecture with the Ithaca. Its nearest island is Kalamos, with a deep channel between them; the mainland is approximately 5 km to the northeast in the Aitoloakarnania prefecture. Kastos has a school, a church and a square ("plateia"), its nearest lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) is in the Aitoloakarnania prefecture (in continental Greece) but most of its students also attend in Nydri (on the island of Lefkada).

Kastos village

The island has only one village, the homonimous Kastos, located on its east coast. It has a population of about 120, involved mainly in fishing and tourism services. During the summer Kastians of the diaspora return for holidays and, together with the fluctuating visitors arriving on yachts, form its seasonal character. The island is 7 km long from north to south, and 800 m wide. The area is 5.901 km² and its highest point is 142 m over the Mediterranean Sea level.

Population

ee also

*List of settlements in the Lefkada prefecture

References

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=6537 Kastos (island) information]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=6538 Kastos (village) information]