Lefkimmi ( el, Λευκίμμη, also known as ''Alefkimmo'') is a town and 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,
Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality
South Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit.
Its land area is 50.819 km²
and its population was 5,800 at the 2011 census. Lefkimmi is the southernmost municipal unit on the island. Tourism is its main industry along with agriculture and other businesses. It features beaches, restaurants, shops, taverns and hotels. A canal passes through the eastern part of town. The municipal seat was the town of Lefkímmi (pop. 2,935). Its next largest towns are Kávos (pop. 685), Palaiochóri (459), Vitaládes (442), and Kritiká (453). Lefkimmi also is the second largest settlement of the island.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Lefkimmi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
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Ano Lefkimmi (Molos)
*Lefkimmi (Lefkimmi,
Kavos)
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Neochori (Neochori, Dragotina, Kritika, Palaiochori, Spartera)
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Vitalades
Vitalades ( el, Βιταλάδες) is a village and a community in the southwestern part of the island of Corfu. It is part of the municipal unit of Lefkimmi. In 2011 its population was 442 for the village and 524 for the community, which includes ...
(Vitalades, Gardenos)
Population
History
In 1804, when Corfu was part of the
Septinsular Republic, 1,300
Souliote
The Souliotes were an Orthodox Christian Albanian tribal community in the area of Souli in Epirus from the 16th century to the beginning of the 19th century, who via their participation in the Greek War of Independence came to identify with the ...
refugees arrived in Lefkimmi after their
expulsion from their homeland by
Ali Pasha of Yanina.
See also
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List of settlements in the Corfu regional unit
References
External links
Municipality of LefkimmiLefkimi Travel and Business Directory
Lefkimmi on GTP Travel Pages
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Populated places in Corfu (regional unit)