Neochori ( el, Νεοχώρι meaning "new village") is a village and a community in the southeastern 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 ...
,
Greece. It is located in the municipal unit of
Lefkimmi. In 2011 its population was 182 for the village and 1,443 for the community. Neochori is located east-southeast of the city 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 is situated between low hills.
Settlements
The community Neochori consists of the following villages (populations at the 2011 census):
*Neochori, pop. 182
*Dragotina, pop. 249
*Kritika, pop. 453, founded in the 16th century by refugees from
Crete who escaped
Ottoman invasion
*Palaiochori, pop. 459
*Spartera, pop. 100
Population
See also
*
List of settlements in the Corfu regional unit
References
External links
Neochori at the GTP Travel Pages
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Lefkimmi
Populated places in Corfu (regional unit)