Neochori ( meaning "new village") is a village and a community in the southeastern part of the island of
Corfu
Corfu ( , ) or Kerkyra (, ) is a Greece, Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands; including its Greek islands, small satellite islands, it forms the margin of Greece's northwestern frontier. The island is part of the Corfu (regio ...
,
Greece
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. It is located in the municipal unit of
Lefkimmi
Lefkimmi (, also known as ''Alefkimmo'') is a town and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality South Corfu, of which it is ...
. It is situated between low hills.
Settlements
The community Neochori consists of the following villages (populations at the 2021 census):
*Neochori, pop. 252
*
Dragotina, pop. 251
*Kritika, pop. 409, founded in the 16th century by refugees from
Crete
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who escaped
Ottoman invasion
*Palaiochori, pop. 428
*Spartera, pop. 81
Population
See also
*
List of settlements in the Corfu regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Corfu regional unit, Greece.
* Afionas
* Afra
* Agioi Deka
* Agioi Douloi
* Agios Athanasios
* Agios Ioannis
* Agios Markos
* Agios Matthaios
* Agios Nikolaos
* Agios Panteleimonas
* Agios Prokopio ...
References
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Lefkimmi
Populated places in Corfu (regional unit)