.......The Municipality of Kolymbari was founded in 1997 ad originated from the uification of 17 communities, which include 49 villages and settlements.It's total population, as recorded in the census of 2001, amounts to 5.114 residents and it spreads over an area of 149.707 square meters.
It's geografic position is polimorphic with approximately equal tracks of flat, half-mountainous and mountanious areas. The sea washesthe bigest part of them. As each village comes after the other the landscape changes: The sea, the mountains, the plains, the canyons, the big rocks... Alternating images, which together with the unbounded blue sky and the sun, catch the eye of the visitor.
In most villages people are farmers and stockbreeders. They cultivate olive and citrus trees, grapevines and vegetables. They produce the most delicius olive oil, honey, wine and also very tasty meat and dairy products. In the littoral villages the locals are engaged in fishery. ourism has flourished over the last few years as well.