Moudros () is a town and a former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
on the island of
Lemnos,
North Aegean,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Lemnos, of which it is a municipal unit.
It covers the entire eastern peninsula of the island, with a land area of 185.127 km
2,
covering 38.8% of the island's territory. The municipal seat was the town of Moúdros. Its next largest town is
Kontopouli. The municipal unit's total population was 3,398 in the 2021 census.
History
During the
Dardanelles Campaign of the
First World War
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, the town and its harbour were used as an
Allied base, commanded by Admiral
Rosslyn Wemyss. The British Empire troops used the form ''Mudros''.
On 30 October 1918, it was the site of the signing of the
Armistice of Mudros, which saw the end of hostilities between the
Ottoman Empire
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and the Allies.
Moudros has a
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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(CWGC) cemetery for 148 Australian and 76 New Zealander soldiers who died during the
Gallipoli Campaign.
Ottoman military graveyard found on Greek island off Gallipoli
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Subdivisions
The municipal unit Moudros is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
* Fisini (Fisini, Agia Sofia)
* Kalliopi
* Kaminia (Kaminia, Voroskopos)
* Kontopouli (Kontopouli, Agios Alexandros, Agios Theodoros)
* Lychna (Lychna, Anemoessa)
*Moudros (Moudros, Koukonisi)
* Panagia (Panagia, Kortisonas)
* Plaka
* Repanidi (Repanidi, Kotsinos)
* Roussopouli
* Romanou
* Skandali
References
External links
*Official websit
GreekEnglish
Populated places in Lemnos
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