Lefkimmi (, also known as ''Alefkimmo'') is a town and a former municipality on 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 ...
,
Ionian Islands
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,
Greece
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. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality
South Corfu
South Corfu ( ''Notia Kerkyra'') is a municipality on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands region in Greece. The municipality was formed at the 2019 local government reform, when the pre-existing municipality of Corfu ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
Its land area is 50.819 km².
Lefkimmi is the southernmost municipal unit on the island. Tourism is its main industry along with agriculture and other businesses. It features beaches, restaurants, shops, taverns and hotels. A canal passes through the eastern part of town. The municipal seat was the town of Lefkímmi. Lefkimmi also is the second largest settlement of the island.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Lefkimmi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
*
Ano Lefkimmi (Molos)
*Lefkimmi (Lefkimmi,
Kavos)
*
Neochori (Neochori, Dragotina, Kritika, Palaiochori, Spartera)
*
Vitalades
Vitalades () is a village and a community in the southwestern part of the island of Corfu. It is part of the municipal unit of Lefkimmi. The community includes the village Gardenos. It is situated between low hills, southeast of Perivoli, Corfu, P ...
(Vitalades, Gardenos)
Population
History
In 1804, when Corfu was part of the
Septinsular Republic
The Septinsular Republic (; ), also known as the Republic of the Seven United Islands, was an oligarchic republic that existed from 1800 to 1807 under nominal Russian and Ottoman sovereignty in the Ionian Islands (Corfu, Paxoi, Lefkada, Cephalon ...
, 1,300
Souliote refugees arrived in Lefkimmi after their
expulsion from their homeland by
Ali Pasha of Yanina.
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
External links
Municipality of LefkimmiLefkimi Travel and Business Directory
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Populated places in Corfu (regional unit)