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Potos, Thasos

Coordinates: 40°37′N 24°37′E / 40.617°N 24.617°E / 40.617; 24.617
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Potos
Ποτός
Settlement
Seafront in Potos
Seafront in Potos
Potos is located in Greece
Potos
Potos
Coordinates: 40°37′N 24°37′E / 40.617°N 24.617°E / 40.617; 24.617
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitThasos
MunicipalityThasos
CommunityTheologos
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
788
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.thassos.gr

Potos (Greek: Ποτός) is a village on the island of Thasos in northern Greece.[2] The village is located in the south of the island, on the coast of the Thracian Sea (the northernmost part of the Aegean Sea) with a population of 788 residents (as of 2021). The seaside village is a popular tourist resort in the July-August Summer season, where tourism provides a large proportion of the income, alongside fishing and marble exploitation.[3]

References

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  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.
  2. ^ "Potos Beach, Thassos Beaches, Thassos Island Greece". www.thassos-view.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Potos Information". Go Thassos. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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