Korissia

Korissia Κορισσία
Location
Korissia
Coordinates	39°26′N 19°58′E
Location within the regional unit
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Ionian Islands
Regional unit:	Corfu
Municipality:	Corfu
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
- Population:	5,122
- Area:	27.7 km2 (11 sq mi)
- Density:	185 /km2 (479 /sq mi)
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto:	ΚΥ

Korissia (Greek: Κορισσία) is a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit. It is in the southern part of the island. It has a land area of 27.675 km². Its population was 5,206 at the 2001 census. The seat of the municipality was the town of Argyrades (pop. 1,000). Its largest towns are Perivóli (pop. 1,420), Argyrádes, Petrití (663), and Ágios Geórgios (501).

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

External links

• Korissia on GTP Travel Pages