Apollonioi ( el, Απολλώνιοι) is a former municipality on the island of
Lefkada
Lefkada ( el, Λευκάδα, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas ( Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of G ...
,
Ionian Islands,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Lefkada
Lefkada ( el, Λευκάδα, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas ( Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of G ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
It is located in the southwestern part of the island. Its population was 2,768 at the 2011 census. The seat of the municipality was in
Vasiliki (pop. 395). Its area is 124.709 km²,
comprising about 41 percent of Lefkada Island. Its largest towns are Ágios Pétros (pop. 422), Vasilikí, Sývros (379), and Marantochóri (330). The area features beautiful beaches on the western side of the island, the most famous are in
Porto Katsiki
Porto Katsiki ( el, Πόρτο Κατσίκι, "goat port") is a beach on the Ionian island of Lefkada, Greece
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and in
Ekremnoi. The Porto Katsiki Beach has been voted the second best beach in the world.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Apollonioi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
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Agios Ilias
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Agios Petros (Agios Petros, Ponti Agiou Petrou)
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Athani (Athani, Agios Nikolaos Niras)
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Chortata
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Dragano (Dragano, Panochori)
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Evgiros (Evgiros, Syvota)
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Komili
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Kontaraina
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Marantochori
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Nikolis (Nikolis, Manasi)
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Syvros
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Vasiliki
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Vournikas
Population
References
External links
Apollonioi on GTP Travel Pages(in English and Greek)
Populated places in Lefkada (regional unit)
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