Lefkada City (, ''Póli tis Lefkádas'') is a city and a former municipality on the island of

Lefkada Lefkada (, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greece, Greek list of islands of Greece, island in the Ionian Sea on the ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

, of which it is a municipal unit. It is the capital and main town of the island of

, located in the northern and northeastern part of the island. The city had a population of 9,253 inhabitants at the 2021 census. The municipal unit has a land area of and a population of 13,540 (2021).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Lefkada is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Lefkada City (Lefkada City, Fryni, Kalligoni) * Agios Nikitas * Alexandros (Alexandros, Kollyvata, Nikiana) * Apolpaina * Kalamitsi * Kariotes * Katouna (Katouna, Episkopos, Lygia) * Tsoukalades (Tsoukalades, Kalavros)

Climate

Culture

Architecture

The buildings of Lefkada City is a characteristic sample of anti-earthquake structure. The houses are built with wooden material, whole logs, stone chip and other more light materials. The city plan is based in the medieval city plan of Lefkada City. This was developed during the Venetian rule. Lefkada City has old temples built with local traditional architecture. The more famous are the temple of Agios Spyridon, Agioi Anargyroi and Panagia ton Xenon.

Sports

Lefkada City hosts sport clubs in several sports. The most historic is Tilikratis F.C., that was founded in 1925 and recently has played in

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(third division).

Gallery

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is housing the

archaeological museum An archaeology museum is a museum that specializes in the display of archaeological artifacts. Many archaeology museum are in the open-air museum, open air, such as the Ancient Agora of Athens and the Roman Forum.David Watkin. ''The Roman Forum ...

of Lefkada File:Lefkada Public Library.JPG, Lefkada

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References

Populated places in Lefkada (regional unit) Greek prefectural capitals {{Ionian-geo-stub