Vrisa

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Community in Greece

Vrisa Βρίσα
Community
Aerial view of Vrisa village in summer 1998
Vrisa
Coordinates: 39°02′N 26°12′E / 39.033°N 26.200°E / 39.033; 26.200
Country	Greece
Administrative region	North Aegean
Regional unit	Lesbos
Municipality	West Lesbos
Municipal unit	Polichnitos
Population  (2021)
• Community	660
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Vrisa (Greek: Βρίσα) is a village in the southern part of Lesbos island approximately 50 km from Mytilene. The village is named after one of the two girls Agamemnon took from Lesbos during the ten-year Trojan War. Five kilometers south is the famous Vatera beach. On June 12, 2017 Vrisa was severely damaged in an earthquake that struck approximately 12 km South of the town of Plomari. Most people could not return to their homes, rendering the village effectively a "ghost village".

Notable people

• Evangelos S. Gragoudas, MD. Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard University. Dr. Gragoudas is an international authority in retinal diseases and intraocular tumors. He was born and raised in Vrisa.

See also

• List of settlements in Lesbos

References

1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.

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