Gastouri is a Greek village and community located about 10 kilometres south of the city 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 ...

. Gastouri was established as a settlement on 28 January 1866 by publication of the decision in the Greek government gazette. In 1995, administratively, it belonged to the municipality of

Achilleio Achilleio () is a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in the s ...

. In 2019, it was removed from the administrative unit of the municipality of Corfu, and was transferred to the municipality of

Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands ( ''Kentriki Kerkyra kai Diapontia Nisia'') is a municipality in the Ionian Islands region in Greece. It covers the central part of the island of Corfu and the Diapontian Islands. The municipality was formed a ...

. Gastouri is the location of Achilleion palace, built by

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Population

Aspiotis 164 Gastouri street by Angelos Giallinas

References

Populated places in Corfu (regional unit) {{Ionian-geo-stub