Apollonioi ( el, Απολλώνιοι) is a former municipality on the island of
Lefkada
Lefkada ( el, Λευκάδα, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Gr ...
,
Ionian Islands,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Lefkada
Lefkada ( el, Λευκάδα, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Gr ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
It is located in the southwestern part of the island. Its population was 2,768 at the 2011 census. The seat of the municipality was in
Vasiliki (pop. 395). Its area is 124.709 km²,
comprising about 41 percent of Lefkada Island. Its largest towns are Ágios Pétros (pop. 422), Vasilikí, Sývros (379), and Marantochóri (330). The area features beautiful beaches on the western side of the island, the most famous are in
Porto Katsiki
Porto Katsiki ( el, Πόρτο Κατσίκι, "goat port") is a beach on the Ionian island of Lefkada, Greece. The name is said to be because formerly only goats could reach this area.
The beach is famed for its landscape and clear blue sea. It ...
and in
Ekremnoi. The Porto Katsiki Beach has been voted the second best beach in the world.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Apollonioi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
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Agios Ilias
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Agios Petros (Agios Petros, Ponti Agiou Petrou)
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Athani (Athani, Agios Nikolaos Niras)
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Chortata
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Dragano (Dragano, Panochori)
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Evgiros
Evgiros is a village on the island of Lefkada, in the Ionian Islands of Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Apollonioi.
Location, elevation
Evgiros is situated on a hill in the south of Lefkada, at an elevation of . It overlooks the A ...
(Evgiros, Syvota)
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Komili
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Kontaraina
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Marantochori
Marantochori is a small, quiet village in the southern part of the island of Lefkada, Greece. Almost all of the village is made up of farmers. It is one of the few places in Lefkada that does not have a view of the sea from any point.
The village ...
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Nikolis (Nikolis, Manasi)
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Syvros
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Vasiliki
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Vournikas
Population
References
External links
Apollonioi on GTP Travel Pages(in English and Greek)
Populated places in Lefkada (regional unit)
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