KARLOVASI

'Karlovassi' (Greek: Καρλόβασι) is a municipality on the island of Samos, Samos Prefecture, Greece. According to the 2001 census, the population of the town was 9,590 inhabitants. The ''University of the Aegean'' operates three departments in the town: Mathematics, Statistics, and Information and Communication Systems Engineering. There are about 2,000 students in this town.
Karlovassi is a town with a rich history in culture and in commerce, being a flourishing tannery and tobacco manufacturing centre in the early 1900's.
Many magnificent neoclassical mansions can be seen from that period as well as the remains of the large stone-built factories at the "Ormos" seaside.
As a result of the "Capodistrias" unification program, the town of Karlovassi is the administration centre for the nearby villages of Platanos, Drakeoi, Kastania, Leka, Nikoloudes, Konteika, Kontakeika, Idroussa and Agioi Theodoroi.