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Agios Georgios, Corfu
Agios Georgios (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος meaning Saint George) is a village and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality North Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in the northwestern part of Corfu and has a land area of and a population of 3,431 (2011 census). The seat of the municipality was the town of Agros (pop. 271). The largest towns are Kavvadades (pop. 517), Agros, Pagoi (304), Rachtades (179), Chorepiskopoi (203), and Afionas (294). Subdivisions The municipal unit Agios Georgios is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agros (Agros, Aspiotades, Manatades, Rafalades) * Agios Athanasios * Arkadades * Armenades (Armenades, Agios Georgios, Termenades) * Afionas (Afionas, Afionitika) * Dafni (Dafni, Gavrades) * Drosato * Kavvadades (Kavvadades, Arillas, Saoulatika) * Kastelannoi Gyrou (Kastelannoi, Troumpett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ionian Islands (region)
The Ionian Islands Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Ιονίων Νήσων, translit=Periféria Ioníon Níson, ) is the smallest by area of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece located in the Ionian Sea. It comprises all the Ionian Islands except Kythera, which, although historically part of the island group, was separated and integrated to the Attica Region. Demographics The population of the Ionian Islands in 2011 was 207,855, decreased by 1.5% compared to the population in 2001. Nevertheless, the region remains the third by population density with 90.1/km2 nationwide, well above the national of 81.96/km2. The most populous of the major islands is Corfu with a population of 104,371, followed by Zante (40,759), Cephalonia (35,801), Leucas (23,693) and Ithaca (3,231). In 2001, the foreign-born population was 19,360 or 9.3%, the majority of which was concentrated in Corfu and Zante. Most of them originate from Albania (13,536). The fertility rate for 2011 according t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Corfu (regional Unit)
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania (and western Apulia, Italy) to the north, and the west coast of Greece, including the Peloponnese. All major islands in the sea, which are located in the east of the sea, belong to Greek islands, Greece. They are collectively named the Ionian Islands, the main ones being Corfu, Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Lefkada, and Ithaca (island), Ithaca. There are ferry routes between Patras and Igoumenitsa, Greece, and Brindisi and Ancona, Italy, that cross the east and north of the Ionian Sea, and from Piraeus westward. Calypso Deep, the deepest point in the Mediterranean at , is in the Ionian Sea, at . The sea is one of the most Earthquake, seismically active areas in the world. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaiokastritsa
Palaiokastritsa ( el, Παλαιοκαστρίτσα meaning ''Little Old Castle place'', referring to nearby Angelokastro) is a village in northwestern Corfu, Greece. Corfu has been suggested to be the mythical island of the Phaeacians and the bay of Palaiokastritsa to be the place where Odysseus disembarked and met Nausicaa for the first time. The monastery in Palaiokastritsa, which dates from 1225, houses a museum. Administrative history Palaiokastrites was a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Its including area was defined around the original village of Palaiokastritsa. Since the 2019 local government reform Palaiokastrites is part of the municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands as a smaller municipal unit. It has a land area of 48.379 km² and a population of 4,068 (2011 census) and is located on the west coast of Corfu just south of Angelokastro. The seat of the formerly independent Palaiokastriton municipality was the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faiakes
Faiakes ( el, Φαίακες) is a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in the northeastern part of the island of Corfu Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl .... It has a land area of 53.850 km² and a population of 6,545 (2011 census). The seat of the municipality was the town of Ypsos (pop. 590). Its largest towns are Káto Korakiána (pop. 967), Áno Korakiána (946), Ýpsos, Káto Ágios Márkos (867), and Spartýlas (517). References Populated places in Corfu (regional unit) {{Ionian-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperies
Esperies ( el, Εσπερίες) is a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality North Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in the northwest corner of the island of Corfu. It has a land area of and a population of 6,990 (2011 census). The seat of the municipality was the town of Velonades (pop. 392). Its largest towns are Karousades (pop. 991), Avliotes (830), Peroulades (673), and Velonades. Subdivisions The municipal unit Esperies is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agioi Douloi * Agrafoi (Agrafoi, Agia Paraskevi) * Antipernoi * Avliotes (Avliotes, Agia Pelagia, Agios Stefanos Avliotes, Garnades, Kouknikades, Staousa) * Kavallouri * Karousades (Karousades, Agios Ioannis, Astrakeri, Roda) * Magoulades (Magoulades, Arillas, Gousades, Poulimates, Tsoukalio) * Peroulades (Peroulades, Mega Ydri) *Sidari File:KanaliTouE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In The Corfu Regional Unit
This is a list of settlements in the Corfu regional unit, Greece. * Afionas * Afra * Agioi Deka * Agioi Douloi * Agios Athanasios * Agios Ioannis * Agios Markos * Agios Matthaios * Agios Nikolaos * Agios Panteleimonas * Agios Prokopios * Agrafoi * Agros * Aleimmatades * Alepou * Ano Garouna * Ano Korakiana * Ano Lefkimmi * Ano Pavliana * Antipernoi * Argyrades * Arillas * Arkadades * Armenades * Avliotes * Benitses * Chlomatiana * Chlomos * Chorepiskopoi * Corfu (city) * Dafni * Doukades * Drosato * Episkepsi * Ereikoussa * Evropouloi * Gaios * Gardelades * Gastouri * Giannades * Gimari * Kalafationes * Kamara * Kanakades * Kanalia * Karousades * Kassiopi * Kastelannoi * Kastellanoi * Kato Garouna * Kato Korakiana * Kato Pavliana * Kavallouri * Kavvadades * Klimatia * Kokkini * Kompitsi * Kouramades * Kouspades * Krini * Kynopiastes * Lafki * Lakka * Lakones * Lefkimmi * Liapades * Longos * Loutses * Magazia * Magoulades * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pagoi
Pagoi ( el, Πάγοι) is a village in the northwestern part of Corfu Island in Greece, and a community of the municipal unit Agios Georgios. The community consists of the villages Pagoi, Agios Georgios, Prinylas, Roumpatatika and Vatonies. The community had a population of 394 as of the 2021 census. Villages Pagoi The village Pagoi had 131 inhabitants at the 2021 census. Agios Georgios Pagon The village Agios Georgios Pagon had 62 inhabitants at the 2021 census. It was developed as a tourist resort in the third quarter of the 20th century. It has a few old buildings, including the Saint George church and the Tsimpougis house. Ruins of an older settlement that was destroyed by a landslide are situated on the beach. Prinylas The village Prinylas had 59 inhabitants at the 2021 census. The village is built in a panoramic setting above Agios Georgios Bay. It was the seat of the Byzantine Decarch, as mentioned in 1200. A common last name in the village is Gialopsos. The name like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
