Pagoi

Pagoi or Pagi (Greek: Πάγοι) is a village in the NW corner of Corfu Island in Greece. It is a community of the municipal unit Agios Georgios.

Villages

Pagoi

The village Pagoi had 394 inhabitants at the 2001 census.

Agios Georgios Pagon

The village Agios Georgios Pagon had 74 inhabitants at the 2001 census. It is a settlement which saw tourism in the third quarter of the 20th century. It has a store and the Tsimbougis house in the south side of the beach (building first completed in the 18th century) and the Tagkos or Tagos store next to the Saint George church in the beginning of the 20th century. In the southern part of the bay next to the Tsimpougis has preserved rubble on its old settlement which was destroyed in the earlier era. Agios Georgios has a church Agios Georgios (15th century), restaurants, hotels, rooms to let, bars, taverns, sea sports, tourism agencies, Rent Car offices, Rent Boat offices.

Prinylas

The village Prinylas had 71 inhabitants at the 2001 census. The village is built in a panoramic setting above Agios Georgios Bay, it offers a view of the hills and mountains of the western and northwestern Corfu. It was part of the Byzantine Decarch and was mentioned in 1200. Common last name was Gialopsos (Γιαλοψός). It is a settlement with characteristic streets, houses and archives from the 17th century. Prinyla has a central church, Agios Nikolaos, constructed in the 14th century, typical paths, a square (plateia) and it is a preservable village.

Vatonies

The village Vatonies had 75 inhabitants at the 2001 census. Vatonies has a church Agion Apostolon and a tavern.

Use in James Bond film

The area was used as a filming location in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, where Bond (played by Roger Moore) and Melina Havelock (Carole Bocquet) famously fled from villains in their yellow Citroen 2CV.[1]

Last names

Common last names of the area are:

• Payatakis (probably from Crete 17th century
• Romeo (probably from ancient Italy or Crete 17th century)
• Ruva (probably from ancient Italy or Crete 17th century)
• Sinadinos (probably from Sinada in minor Asia 13th century)

Toponymy

• La’koi
• L’ampo
• Loxi’
• Karte’ri
• Merovi’gli
• Perivo’li
• Skanio’
• Va’rdies
• Varko’
• Vrisu’les
• Vu’nos

Information from Prefecture of Corfu

• Main page from the Corfu Prefecture (Greek)

References