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{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Folegandros
|name_local = Φολέγανδρος
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|periph = [[South Aegean]]
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|pop_municipality  = 719
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'''Folegandros''' (also '''Pholegandros'''; {{langx|el|Φολέγανδρος}}) is a small [[Greece|Greek]] island in the [[Aegean Sea]] that, together with [[Sikinos]], [[Ios (island)|Ios]], [[Anafi]] and [[Santorini]], forms the southern part of the [[Cyclades]]. Its surface area is {{convert|32.216|km2|sqmi}}<ref name=stat01>{{cite web |url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }}</ref> and it has 719 inhabitants (2021).
It has three small villages, Chora, Karavostasis, and Ano Meria, which are connected by a paved road. Folegandros is part of the [[Thira (regional unit)|Thira regional unit]].<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL8-SrPzKAEPjjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIukI0UzcPsWCK0LpLhpa7rhiWB4R5ntTnoWw7U8E1Amg.|title=ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref>

==Mythology==
According to [[Greek mythology]], it was said to have derived its name from a son of [[Minos]].<ref>{{Cite Stephanus|Φολέγανδρος}}</ref> 

==History ==
Little is known about the ancient history of Folegandros. Its inhabitants were [[Dorians]]. Later it came under [[ancient Athens|Athenian]] rule. The island contained a ''[[polis]]'' (city-state) called Pholegandros, which was sited at the modern Chora and a member of the [[Delian League]], as which it appears on Athenian tribute lists between 425/4 and 416/15&nbsp;BCE.<ref name=Poleis>{{cite book|author= Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen |title= An inventory of archaic and classical poleis|url= https://archive.org/details/inventoryarchaic00hans |url-access= limited |year= 2004|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location=New York|isbn= 0-19-814099-1|chapter= The Aegean|page= [https://archive.org/details/inventoryarchaic00hans/page/n785 769]}}</ref> The island was called the iron Pholegandros by [[Aratus]] on account of its ruggedness, and is also noted by ancient geographers [[Strabo]]<ref>{{Cite Strabo|x. p. 484 ''et seq.''}}</ref> and [[Ptolemy]], who calls it '''Pholekandros''' ({{langx|grc|Φολέκανδρος}}).<ref>{{Cite Ptolemy|3.15.31}}</ref>

The island was conquered in 1207 by the Venetian [[Marco I Sanudo|Marco Sanudo]] and remained under the rule of [[Venice]] until 1566, when it was taken by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]]. 

The Greeks reclaimed it in the 19th century during the [[Greek War of Independence|Greek war of independence]]. The island was visited by the British explorers [[James Theodore Bent|Theodore]] and [[Mabel Bent]] in early 1884.<ref>{{cite book |first=Theodore |last=Bent |title=The Cyclades, or Life Among the Insular Greeks |location=London |year=1885 |page=194 ff. |oclc=4526338 }}</ref> 

During the 20th century it has been used as a [[Internal exile in Greece|place of exile for political prisoners]], especially during the [[4th of August Regime|4th of August regime]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor |url=http://www.ehw.gr/asiaminor/Forms/fLemmaBody.aspx?lemmaid=6984 |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=www.ehw.gr}}</ref>

==Geography==
Folegandros' landscape is varied, and includes tall cliffs and a large cave. The "capital" of the island, Chora, is built on the edge of a 200-metre high cliff. The port of Folegandros is the small village of Karavostasis. The Ano Meria village contains a small but interesting Ecological and Folklore Museum. Among the notable beaches on Folegandros is Katergo, accessible only by foot or by boat from Karavostasis. Katergo beach is used by [[naturism|naturists]].<ref name="en.p_Your">{{Cite web | title = Your bare-all guide to nudist beaches in Greece | last = Sinanidis | first = Mary | work = themanews.com | date = 11 July 2014 | access-date = 2016-08-07 | url = http://en.protothema.gr/your-bare-all-guide-to-nudist-beaches-in-greece/ | quote = Folegandros }}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:Apopsi Choras Folegandrou.JPG|View of Chora
File:Folegandros-7.jpg|Chora seen from the church of Panagia
File:Folegandros-5.jpg|House of the island
File:Folegandros-kastro.jpg|Inside the "Kastro" of Chora
File:Church, Chora of Folegandros, 15M6539.jpg|Chora
File:Φολέγανδρος.jpg|Chora & the church o Panagia to the north
File:Ano Meria on Folegandros, 15M6607.jpg|Ano Meria
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.folegandros.gr/ Municipality of Folegandros] {{in lang|en|fr|el|it}}
*[http://www.travel-zone-greece.com/blog/folegandros-beaches-satisfy/ Beaches in Folegandros] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607153506/https://www.travel-zone-greece.com/blog/folegandros-beaches-satisfy/ |date=2023-06-07 }} 

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