Administrative Region : Ionian Islands
Regional unit : Kerkyra
Typical houses of Corfu city.
Layout
Panoramic view of the old town
Culture
Sports
Sport clubs based in Ampelokipoi | ||||
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Club | Founded | Sports | Achievements | |
Kerkyraikos G.S. | 1893 | Basketball, Cricket, Track and Field | Panhellenic titles in Cricket, earlier presence in Beta Ethniki Basketball | |
GSK Byron | 1925 | Cricket | Panhellenic titles in Cricket, | |
NO Kerkyra | 1935 | Water Polo , Swimming | Earlier presence in A1 Ethniki Water Polo | |
AOK Kerkyra (originally as AO Kerkyra) | 1969 | Football | Presence in A Ethniki | |
AO Phaeax | 1976 | Basketball, Cricket | Panhellenic titles in Cricket |
Climate
Climate data for Corfu | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
33.8 (92.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
42.4 (108.3) |
40.0 (104) |
37.4 (99.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
25.0 (77) |
22.0 (71.6) |
42.4 (108.3) |
Average high °C (°F) | 13.9 (57) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.3 (88.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
23.2 (73.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.9 (58.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.9 (75) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
11.1 (52) |
17.5 (63.5) |
Average low °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
6.8 (44.2) |
11.7 (53.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
0.0 (32) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
10.0 (50) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.2 (45) |
2.8 (37) |
−2.2 (28) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 136.6 (5.378) |
124.6 (4.906) |
98.1 (3.862) |
66.7 (2.626) |
37.0 (1.457) |
14.1 (0.555) |
9.2 (0.362) |
19.0 (0.748) |
81.3 (3.201) |
137.7 (5.421) |
187.4 (7.378) |
185.6 (7.307) |
1,097.3 (43.201) |
Average rainy days | 16.1 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 12.9 | 8.0 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 11.8 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 128.7 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 75.4 | 74.3 | 73.4 | 72.8 | 69.5 | 63.4 | 60.0 | 62.2 | 70.4 | 74.6 | 77.5 | 77.2 | 70.7 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 117.7 | 116.8 | 116.0 | 206.5 | 276.8 | 324.2 | 364.5 | 332.8 | 257.1 | 188.9 | 133.5 | 110.9 | 2,545.7 |
Source #1: Hellenic National Meteorological Service[11] | |||||||||||||
Source #2: NOAA (extremes and sun 1961−1990)[12] |
Mayors
Christodoulos M. Kiriakis (1870–1879)
Georgios Theotokis (1879–1885)
Ioannis Padovas (1885-1887)[14]
Michael Theotokis (el) (1887–1895)
Angelos Psoroulas (el) (1895–1899)
Dimitrios Kollas (1899–1911)
Ioannis Mavrogiannis (1914–1925)
Spiridon Kollas (1925–1951)
Stamatios Desyllas (1951–1955)[15]
Maria Desylla-Kapodistria (1956–1959), first female mayor in Greece.[15]
Panagiotis Zafiropoulos (1959–1964)
Spyros Rath (1964–1967)
Konstantinos Alexopoulos (1974–1975)
Spyros Rath (1975–1978)
Ioannis Kourkoulos (1979–1990)
Chrisanthos Sarlis (1991–2002)
Alexandros Mastoras (2003–2006)
Sotirios Micallef (2007–2010)
Ioannis Trepeklis (2011–2014)
Kostas Nikolouzos (2014–)[16]
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Greece
Cyprus Paphos, Cyprus, since 5 July 1992[17]
Cyprus Famagusta, Cyprus, since 13 August 1994[17]
Germany Meissen, Germany, since 26 September 1996[17]
Germany Troisdorf, Germany, since 4 October 1996[17]
Cyprus Asha, Cyprus, since 3 May 1998[17]
Italy Brindisi, Italy, since 21 May 1998[17]
Greece Vathi, Samos Greece, since 29 July 1998[17]
Slovenia Koper, Slovenia, since 7 December 2000)[17]
Albania Sarandë, Albania, since 12 July 2001)[17]
Cyprus Tremetousia, Cyprus, since 9 December 2001[17]
Greece Ioannina, Greece, since 21 December 2002[17]
Serbia Belgrade, Serbia, since 25 February 2010[19]
United States Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States, since 21 March 2013[20]
Nèo Froùrio
Paleò Froùrio-Aghios Geòrgios
Faliraki
Aghios Vlàsios-Old Port
New Port
Platytèra
Sarròko-Kostèlla
Menekràtous
Anàlipsi
Aghia Triàs
Neràtsicha
Anemòmylos-Aghios Iàsson
Figarèto-Kardàki
Stratià
Kyrà Chrysikoù
Spianàda-Listòn
Aghios Antònios
Aghios Iàkovos
Mandràki
Aghios Ioànnis
Garitsa
Kanòni
Kanàlia
Alepoù
Potamòs
Kontòkali
Evropoùloi
Gouvià
Kommèno
Templòni
View of Kerkyra/Corfu |
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James Bond, 'For Your Eyes Only', in Corfu |
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Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.36.3
"Home Page". Municipality of Corfu. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
BBC news on UNESCO World Heritage list
UNESCO Advisory Body (ICOMOS) report on Corfu History retrieved 3 July 2007
Old Town of Corfu on UNESCO website retrieved 3 July 2007
"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
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"History". cricket.gr. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
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"Municipal council of Corfu, 5th period (1883-1887)". Retrieved 17 September 2014.
Municipality of Corfu from the Internet archive Quote:In the elections of 1954 Stamatios Desillas was elected Mayor for a second term and remained in office until his death, Christmas Day 1955. Soon after a bye-election took place in Corfu in which the widow of the deceased Maria Desilla - Kapodistria, was elected Mayor with 5,365 votes in a total of 10,207. Maria Desilla became Mayor of Corfu on 15 April 1956 until 9 May 1959. She was the first female Mayor in Greece.
"Mayor of Corfu". corfu.gr.
"AllCorfu.Com: Corfu's Twin Cities". allcorfu.com. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
"Twinned Cities". Municipality of Corfu. www.corfu.gr. 2005-09-20. Archived from the original on April 9, 2005. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
"Bratimljenje Beograda i Krfa". B92. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
"Bethlehem welcomes Corfu, fourth sister city". The Morning Call. March 22, 2013.
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