Lefkimmi
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| Municipality of Lefkimi or Lefkimmi or Kiriaki Δήμου Λευκιμμαίων Dimos Lefkimmaion |
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| Prefecture: | Corfu |
| Province: | Corfu |
| Number of municipal districts: | 4 |
| Location: Latitude: Longitude: |
39.448 (39° 26' 51") N 20.068 (20° 4' 5") E |
| Population: (2001) -Municipal district -Town -Percent of the communal district -Percent of the prefecture |
3,517 4,364 6,204 52.46% 5.99% /km² |
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Ionian Sea 18 m about 200 to 300 |
| Postal code: | GR-480 80 |
| Car designation: | KY |
Lefkimmi or Lefkimi (Greek: Λευκίμμη) is a municipality in the Corfu Prefecture, Greece. Its land area is 50.819 km² and its population was 6,704 at the 2001 census. Lefkimmi is the southernmost municipality on the island and is also known as Alefkimmo. Tourism is its main industry along with agriculture and other businesses. It also features beaches, restaurants, taverns and hotels. The 20th parallel is to the west. It also features shops and a street canal in which are surrounded by a walkway. It also has a cape to the north known by the same name. The municipal seat is the town of Lefkímmi (pop. 3,517), the second-largest population centre on the island after the town of Corfu. Its next largest towns are Kávos (pop. 847), Palaiochóri (617), Vitaládes (475), and Kritiká (426).
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[edit] Subdivisions
[edit] Municipal districts
[edit] Population
| Year | Village population | Change | Municipal district population | Municipal population | Percent of the municipal district | Percent of the Municipality | Percent of the prefecture |
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| 1981 | 2,509 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1991 | 3,471 | +962 or +38.31% | - | - | - | - | |
| 2001 | 3,517 | +46 or +1.33% | 4,364 | 6,704 | 8.06% | 52.46% (town) 65.1 (municipal district) |
5.98% |
[edit] Geography
A few farmlands are around the area. The mountains that are mainly filled with grasslands and rocks covers around the area, forests are found mainly in low lying areas. The Ionian Sea are on both sides.
[edit] Attractions
- Agios Gordis Beach - a beach 3 km from Kavos
[edit] History
The area was ruled by the Venetians until 1797, it was ruled by the French, the Russians, it became the Septinsular Republic but it was again occupied by the French, it was later joined Great Britain and became the United States of the Ionian Islands. In 1804, 1,300 refugees from Souli arrived in Lefkimmi, the remainder were soldiers. In the 19th century, Neochoraki as inhabited by Albanians. It finally joined Greece in 1864. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the whole town was rebuilt by the mid to late 1950s. The village population boomed later on especially between 1981 and 1991 but almost slowed between 1991 and 2001. On June 29, Lefkimmi was struck by two earthquakes that measured 5.9 on the Richter scale in the evening hours, another one shook at 1 am. Only minor damages were reported and in villages, no injuries were reported.
[edit] Other
Lefkimmi has schools, a few lyceums (middle schools), and its gymnasium (secondary school), churches, banks, and a square (plateia).
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website (Greek)
- Lefkimi Travel and Business Directory (Greek)
- Lefkimmi on GTP Travel Pages
- Map and aerial photos:
- Street map information from: Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google orYahoo! Maps
- Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
- Coordinates: Coordinates:
| North: A bay and the Ionian Sea | ||
| West: Korissia |
Lefkimmi | East: A bay and the Ionian Sea |
| South: Ionian Sea |
| The municipality of Lefkimmi |
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| Municipal districts: Ano Lefkimmi/Molos | Lefkimmi (Kavos) | Neochori (Dragotina | Kritika | Palaiochori | Spartera) | Vitalades (Gardenos) Beaches: Agios Gordis |
| Greece | Ionian Islands | Corfu prefecture | Corfu Island |
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