Korissia Explained

Korissia
Name Local:	Κορισσία
Type:	municipal unit
Periph:	Ionian Islands
Periphunit:	Corfu
Pop Municunit:	4364
Population As Of:	2021
Area Municunit:	27.7
Coordinates:	39.4333°N 77°W
Licence:	ΚΥ

Korissia (el|Κορισσία) is a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality South Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit.^[1] It is in the southern part of the island. It has a land area of 27.675 km².^[2] The seat of the municipality was the town of Argyrades.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Korissia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Argyrades (Argyrades, Agios Georgios, Marathias, Neochoraki)
• Agios Nikolaos (Agios Nikolaos, Notos, Roumanades)
• Kouspades (Kouspades, Boukari)
• Perivoli (Perivoli, Potamia)
• Petriti (Petriti, Korakades)
• Vasilatika

Population

Year	Population
1991	5,010
2001	5,206
2011	4,775
2021	4,364

Notes and References

1. Web site: Τροποποίηση του άρθρου 1 του ν. 3852/2010. Amendment of Article 1 of l. 3852/2010. 1164. el. Government Gazette.
2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .