Parelioi () is 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 ...

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. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality

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 ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located on the central west coast of the island of

. It has a land area of and a population of 6,751 (2021 census). The seat of the municipality was the town of Kokkini.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Parelioi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Kokkini * Agios Ioannis (Agios Ioannis, Agia Triada, Kouramaditika, Vasilika) * Afra (Afra, Agios Vlasios, Kourkoulaiika) * Vatos * Giannades (Giannades, Ermones) * Kanakades * Kompitsi * Marmaro *

Pelekas Pelekas () is a village and a community in the central part of the island of Corfu, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Parelioi. Pelekas is located southwest of the city of Corfu (city), Corfu. Settlements The community Pelekas consis ...

(Pelekas, Avramis, Agios Onoufrios, Glyfada, Kokkinogeia, Plakoto) * Sinarades (Sinarades, Aspai, Kontogialos)

Population

Tourism

The economy of Parelioi is mainly based on tourism. There are beaches in Agios Gordis, Glyfada, Kondogialos and Ermones. The Historic and Folklore Museum of Central Corfu is located in Sinarades. Aqualand, the third largest

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, is situated in Agios Ioannis.

References

{{Central Corfu div Populated places in Corfu (regional unit)