Corfu (regional unit)

For other uses, see Corfu (disambiguation).

Corfu Περιφερειακή ενότητα Κέρκυρας
Regional unit
Municipalities of Corfu
Corfu within Greece
Coordinates: 39°40′N 19°45′E / 39.667°N 19.750°E / 39.667; 19.750Coordinates: 39°40′N 19°45′E / 39.667°N 19.750°E / 39.667; 19.750
Country	Greece
Region	Ionian Islands
Capital	Corfu
Government
• Vice Governor	Christos Skourtis
Area
• Total	641.057 km² (247.513 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	104,371
• Density	160/km² (420/sq mi)
Postal codes	49x xx
Area codes	266x0
ISO 3166 code	GR-22
Car plates	ΚΥ
Website	www.kerkyra.gr

Corfu (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Κέρκυρας) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Ionian Islands. The capital of the regional unit is the town of Corfu. The regional unit consists of the islands of Corfu, Paxoi, Othonoi, Ereikoussa, Mathraki and several smaller islands, all in the Ionian Sea.

Administration

The regional unit Corfu is subdivided into 2 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):^[1]

Corfu (Kerkyra, 1)
Paxoi (2)

Prefecture

As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Corfu was created out of the former prefecture Corfu (Greek: Νομός Κέρκυρας). The prefecture, created in 1864, had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.^[1]

New municipality	Old municipalities	Seat
Corfu	Corfu (city)	Corfu (city)
	Agios Georgios
	Achilleio
	Ereikoussa
	Esperies
	Thinali
	Kassopaia
	Korissia
	Lefkimmi
	Mathraki
	Meliteieis
	Othonoi
	Palaiokastritsa
	Parelioi
	Faiakes
Paxoi	Paxoi	Gaios

Provinces

The provinces were:

Corfu Province - Corfu
Paxoi Province - Gaios

Population

Year	Population
1991	105,043
2001	111,975
2011	104,371

^[2]

References

1 2 "Kallikratis reform law text" (PDF).
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-10-07.

External links

Administrative division of the Ionian Islands Region

Area 2,307 km² (891 sq mi) Population 207,855 (as of 2011) Municipalities 7 (since 2011) Capital Corfu

Regional unit of Corfu	Corfu Paxoi

Regional unit of Cephalonia	Cephalonia

Regional unit of Ithaca	Ithaca

Regional unit of Lefkada	Lefkada Meganisi

Regional unit of Zakynthos	Zakynthos

Regional governor Theodoros Galiatsatos (since 2014) Decentralized Administration Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian

Prefectures of Greece

By name

By year established

1800s	1833 Achaea and Elis Aetolia-Acarnania Arcadia Argolis and Corinthia Attica and Boeotia Cyclades Euboea Laconia Messenia Phocis and Locris 1845 Phthiotis and Phocis 1864 Corfu Kefallinia Lefkada Zakynthos 1882 Arta Larissa Trikala 1899 Achaea Argolis Attica^c Boeotia Corinthia Elis Evrytania Karditsa Lacedaemon Lakoniki Magnesia Phocis Phthiotis Trifylia

1900s	1912 Chania Heraklion Lasithi Rethymno Sfakia 1914 Thessaloniki 1915 Argyrokastron^b Chalkidiki Chios Drama^d Florina Ioannina Kavala^d Korytsa^b Kozani Lesbos Preveza Samos Serres 1920 Adrianople^a Evros^d Kallipolis^a Rhaedestos^a Rhodope^d Saranta Ekklisies^a 1930–1944 Pella Kilkis Thesprotia Kastoria Xanthi^d 1947 Dodecanese Imathia Pieria 1964 Grevena Piraeus

^a In Eastern Thrace or ^b Northern Epirus, outside present-day Greece.
^c From 1971, Attica consisted of four prefecture-level units: Athens, East Attica, Piraeus and West Attica. From 1994, Athens and Piraeus were grouped into a single super-prefecture.
^d From 1994, Drama / Kavala / Xanthi and Evros / Rhodope prefectures were grouped into super-prefectures.

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