Serifos

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Prefecture: Cyclades
Province: Milos
Seat: Seriphos or Serifos
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:

37.503/37°30'16" N lat.
25.158264/25°9'5" E long
Population: (1991)
 - Total
 - Density
 - Rank

1,095

15-/km²
Elevation:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
 -highest:

Aegean Sea
140 m (centre)
585 m
Number of towns, villages and settlements: 8
Postal code: 840 02
Area/distance code: 11-(00)30-22810-5
Municipal code: -
Car designation: EP
3-letter abbreviation: SER (Serifos)
Website: www.kea.gr

Seriphos (or Serifos) (Greek: Σέριφος) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, located in the western Cyclades, south of Kythnos and northwest of Siphnos. The area is about 70 km² and with about 1,200 people which suffered a gigantic population loss to around 300. It is located about 170 km (70 nmi) ESE of Piraeus.

When Acrisius was warned by an oracle that his own grandson would kill him, he cast his daughter (Danae) and her infant son Perseus adrift at sea in a wooden chest. It was the island of Seriphos where the vessel had come ashore.

Historical population

Year Communal population Change Island population Change Density
1981 - 1,133 - - -/km²
1991 - 312 1,095 - 15/km²

Communities

Other

Seriphos has a few schools, a few lyceums, a church, a post office and a square (plateies).

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