Agios Georgios is a village and a former municipality on the island of Corfu

Corfu

Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality. The...

, Ionian Islands

Ionian Islands Periphery

Ionian Islands is one of the thirteen regions of Greece. It comprises the historical region of the Ionian Islands, except for the island of Kythera which belongs to Attica.-Administration:...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corfu

Corfu

Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality. The...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in the northwestern part of Corfu and has a land area of 39.445 km² and a population of 4,958 (2001 census). The seat of the municipality was the town of Agros

Agros, Greece

Agros is a village in the western part of the island of Corfu. It was the seat of the municipality of Agios Georgios. Agros is located west of the city of Corfu.-Population:...

 (pop. 460). The largest towns are Kavvadádes (pop. 617), Agrós, Págoi (380), Rachtádes (338), Chorepískopoi (326), and Afiónas (305).

Subdivisions

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

• Agros
  Agros, Greece
  Agros is a village in the western part of the island of Corfu. It was the seat of the municipality of Agios Georgios. Agros is located west of the city of Corfu.-Population:...
  
   (Agros, Aspiotades, Manatades, Rafalades)
• Agios Athanasios
• Arkadades
• Armenades (Armenades, Agios Georgios, Termenades)
• Afionas (Afionas, Afionitika)
• Dafni (Dafni, Gavrades)
• Drosato
• Kavvadades (Kavvadades, Arillas, Saoulatika)
• Kastelannoi Gyrou (Kastelannoi, Troumpettas)
• Mesaria (Mesaria, Kopsocheilades)
• Pagoi
  Pagoi
  Pagoi or Pagi is a village in the NW corner of Corfu Island in Greece. It is a community of the municipal unit Agios Georgios.-Agios Georgios Pagon :...
  
   (Pagoi, Agios Georgios Pagon, Prinylas, Vatonies)
• Rachtades
• Chorepiskopoi

Information

Much of the houses were stone built until the 1960s. Electricity arrived 1970. Vehicles arrived in the 1910s, the pavement of the main road (1965–1970) and television arrived in the 1970s and computer and internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century.

See also

• List of settlements in the Corfu prefecture
• Agios Georgios (Corfu (South)), Greece
  Agios Georgios (Corfu (South)), Greece
  - Disambiguation :Agios Georgios is the name given to at least two settlements on the Ionian island of Kerkyra . For information about the larger of the two, which is a municipal district, please follow the link below....
  
  

External links

• Agios Georgios on GTP Travel Pages

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