Korissia ( el, Κορισσία) 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

South Corfu South Corfu ( el, Νότια Κέρκυρα ''Notia Kerkyra'') is a municipality on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Islands region in Greece. The municipality was formed at the 2019 local government reform, when the pre-existing municipality of ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It is in the southern part of the island. It has a land area of 27.675 km². Its population was 4,775 at the 2011 census. The seat of the municipality was the town of

Argyrades Argyrades ( el, Αργυράδες) is a village and a community in the southern part of the island of Corfu, Greece. It was the seat of the municipality of Korissia. In 2011 its population was 660 for the village and 1,719 for the community, whi ...

(pop. 660). Its largest towns are Perivóli (pop. 1,378), Argyrádes, Petrití (663), and Ágios Geórgios (503).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Korissia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *

(Argyrades, Agios Georgios, Marathias, Neochoraki) * Agios Nikolaos (Agios Nikolaos, Notos, Roumanades) *

Kouspades Kouspades ( el, Κουσπάδες) is a village and a community in the southern part of the island of Corfu, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Korissia. In 2011 its population was 295 for the settlement, and 349 for the community, whic ...

(Kouspades, Boukari) * Perivoli (Perivoli, Potamia) *

Petriti Petriti ( el, Πετριτή) is a fishing village located on the south east coast of Corfu, Greece, about thirty kilometers south of Corfu Town. The village is the largest fishing port on the island and the five tavernas on the sea front all speci ...

(Petriti, Korakades) * Vasilatika

Population

External links

Korissia on GTP Travel Pages

References

{{South Corfu div Populated places in Corfu (regional unit)