Parelioi is 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

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. 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 on the central west coast of 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...

. It has a land area of 48.990 km² and a population of 7,197 (2001 census). The seat of the municipality was the town of Kokkini

Kokkini

Kokkini may refer to:*Kokkini, a village in the Corfu prefecture*Kokkini, a settlement in the Viotia prefecture...

 (pop. 733). Its largest towns are Sinarádes (pop. 1,124), Áfra (834), Giannádes (760), Kokkíni, Kompítsi (595), and Pélekas (565).

Subdivisions

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

• Kokkini
  Kokkini, Corfu
  Kokkini is a village in the western part of the island of Corfu. It was the municipal seat of Parelioi. Its 2001 population was 733 for the village. Kokkini is located west of the city of Corfu, north-northwest of Argyrades...
  
  
• Agios Ioannis (Agios Ioannis, Agia Triada, Kouramaditika, Vasilika)
• Afra (Afra, Agios Vlasios, Kourkoulaiika)
• Vatos
• Giannades
  Giannades
  Giannades is a village in the northwestern part of the island of Corfu. It is located in the municipal unit of Parelioi. Its 2001 population was 760 for the village and 799 for the municipal district. Giannades is located 20 km west of the city of Corfu and about 6 to 8 km south of Liapades...
  
   (Giannades, Ermones)
• Kanakades
• Kompitsi
• Marmaro
• Pelekas
  Pelekas
  Pelekas is a village in the northern part of the island of Corfu. It is part of the municipal unit of Parelioi. Its 2001 population was 569 for the village and 827 for the municipal district...
  
   (Pelekas, Avramis, Agios Onoufrios, Glyfada, Kokkinogeia, Plakoto)
• Sinarades
  Sinarades
  Sinarades is a town in the northern part of the island of Corfu, part of the municipal unit of Parelioi. Its 2001 population was 1,124 for the village and 1,218 for the municipal district. It is the largest village of Parelioi. Sinarades is located southwest of the city of...
  
   (Sinarades, Aspai, Kontogialos)

About Parelioi

Its main economy is based on tourism, its economy was agriculture before tourism overcame agriculture. It has beaches in Agios Gordis

Agios Gordis

Agios Gordios is a community and a holiday resort village on the west coast of the Greek island of Corfu. The beach is located just 5 km from Sinarades. It is part of the municipality Achilleio.-External links:*...

, Glyfada, Kondogialos and Ermones, the Corfu Interior Historic and Folklore Museum in Sinarades and Aqualand

Aqualand

Aqualand is a chain of water-amusement parks operated by Spanish tourism group Aspro Ocio S.A.. It is the largest such group operating in Europe.Overall there are five Aqualands in Spain, one in Portugal, and seven in France...

 in Agios Giannis, the third largest water park

Water park

A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds , lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments...

 in Europe

Europe

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.

Geography

Its farmlands are in the valley area and within the villages. The Ionian Sea

Ionian Sea

The Ionian Sea , is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy including Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania to the north, and a large number of Greek islands, including Corfu, Zante, Kephalonia, Ithaka, and...

 are on both sides and the hills are in the middle.

External links

• Parelioi on GTP Travel Pages

	North: Palaiokastritsa Palaiokastritsa Paleokastritsa 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...
West: Ionian Sea Ionian Sea The Ionian Sea , is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy including Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania to the north, and a large number of Greek islands, including Corfu, Zante, Kephalonia, Ithaka, and...	Parelioi	East: City of Corfu Corfu (city) Corfu is a city and 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 the capital of the island and of the Corfu regional unit. The city also serves as a capital...  and Achilleia
	South: Achilleia	Southeast: Achilleia