Othonoi

Othonoi Οθωνοί
Location
Othonoi
Coordinates	39°51′N 19°22′E / 39.85°N 19.367°E / 39.85; 19.367Coordinates: 39°51′N 19°22′E / 39.85°N 19.367°E / 39.85; 19.367
Location within the peripheral unit
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Ionian Islands
Regional unit:	Corfu
Municipality:	Corfu
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
- Population:	663
- Area:	10.078 km2 (4 sq mi)
- Density:	66 /km2 (170 /sq mi)
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation:	393 m ­(1289 ft)
Postal:	491 00
Telephone:	26630
Auto:	ΚΥ
Website
www.othonoi.com

Othonoi (Greek: Οθωνοί, Italian: Fanò) is an island and a former community of the Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit.^[1] It is located northwest of Corfu. Population 663 (2001). In the 19th century the island used to be the capital of the Diapontia Islands Municipality, which consisted of the islands of Fano, Marlera and Mathrachi. Most of the island's inhabitants can trace their origins to Paxoi Island as people from Paxoi were settled in Fano beginning in the 1570s by Venice. A cave, near the Aspros Ammos (white sands) beach is traditionally believed to have been the place where Calypso kept Ulysses captive.

References

1. ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)