title: Polichnitos
text: # Polichnitos
  
  Polichnitos (Greek: Πολίχνιτος) is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 4,234 (2001). The municipal unit is located in the central south coast of the island, adjacent to the south side of the Bay of Kalloni. It has a land area of 172.629 $km^2.$ Its municipal seat is in the town of Polichnítos (pop. 2,102). The next largest villages are Vrísa (617), Vasiliká (400), and Lisvóri (408).
  
  