Achilleio ( el, Αχίλλειο) is a former municipality on 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 ...

, Ionian Islands,

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. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands ( el, Κεντρική Κέρκυρα και Διαπόντια Νησιά ''Kentriki Kerkyra kai Diapontia Nisia'') is a municipality in the Ionian Islands region in Greece. It covers the central part of the ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in the south-central part of the island of Corfu, south of

Corfu (city) Corfu (, also ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, ; grc, Κόρκυρα, Kórkyra, ; ; la, Corcyra; sq, Korfuzi) is a city and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government refor ...

. It has a land area of 48.650 km² and a population of 10,651 inhabitants (2011 census). The seat of the municipality was the town of

Gastouri Gastouri is a Greek village located about 10 kilometres south of the city of Corfu (city), Corfu. Gastouri was established as a settlement on 28 January 1866 by publication of the decision in the Government Gazette (Greece), Greek government gazett ...

(pop. 953). The municipality took its name from the palace Achilleion that

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built there. The largest towns are Kynopiastes (pop. 1,054), Viros (1,201), Perama (1,021), Benítses (843), Káto Garoúna (579), and Kastellánoi (496).

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Populated places in Corfu (regional unit) {{Ionian-geo-stub