Vathy, Samos
Vathy is a community and a former municipality on the island of Samos, North Aegean, Greece. Since 2019, it has been a municipal unit of the municipality of East Samos. The town proper, also known as Ano Vathy, is an old hillside suburb of the town of Samos. Before 1958, the town of Samos was known as Limin Vatheos ; hence, many islanders still often refer to all of the town as Vathy. According to the 2021 census, the population of the community of Vathy was 3,767, while the population of the municipal unit was 12,506.
Notable people
- Themistoklis Sophoulis, politician
- Stefan Bogoridi, first prince of Samos
- William Roger Paton, author and scholar