Korissia

Korissia or Korisia (Κορισσία) is a municipality in the Corfu Prefecture, Greece. It is the second-southernmost municipality on the island of Corfu. It has a land area of 27.675 km², the smallest on the island. Its population was 5,206 at the 2001 census. The seat of the municipality is the town of Argyrades (pop. 1,000). Its largest towns are Perivóli (pop. 1,420), Argyrádes, Petrití (663), and Ágios Geórgios (501).

Municipal districts

*Argyrades
**Agios Georgios Argyradon
**Marathias
**Neochoraki
*Agios Nikolaos
**Notos
**Roumanades
*Kouspades
**Boukari
*Perivoli
**Potamia
*Petriti
**Korakades
*Vasilatika

Population

Geography

Its farmlands are in the valley area and within the villages. The Ionian Sea are on both sides and the hills are in the middle.

Other

Korissia has schools, a few lyceums (middle school) a gymnasium (secondary school), churches, banks, shops and a square ("plateia").

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=5874 Korissia on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=39.4344&longitude=19.9736&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/mapz.aspx?&lats1=39.4344&longs=19.9736&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=39.4344,19.9736 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=39.4344&lon=19.9736&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.4344,19.9736&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=39.4344|19.9736&5style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|38|26|5|N|19|58|28|E|type:city(5.206)_region:GR

Northwest: Meliteia	North: "Ionian Sea"
West: Meliteia	Korissia	East: Lefkimmi and the "Ionian Sea"
	South: "Ionian Sea"	Southeast: Lefkimmi