Doukades

Doukades Δουκάδες
Location
Doukades
Coordinates	39°41′N 19°44′E / 39.683°N 19.733°E / 39.683; 19.733Coordinates: 39°41′N 19°44′E / 39.683°N 19.733°E / 39.683; 19.733
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Ionian Islands
Regional unit:	Corfu
Municipality:	Corfu
Municipal unit:	Palaiokastritsa
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Community
- Population:	669
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto:	ΚΥ

Doukades (Greek: Δουκάδες) is a village in the northwestern part of the island of Corfu. It is located in the municipal unit of Palaiokastritsa. Its 2001 population was 678 for the village and 689 for the municipal district. Several hills dominate the area.

Settlement

• Doukades [2001 pop: 658]
• Papathanatika (Παπαθανάτικα) [2001 pop: 11]

Population

Year	Settlement population	Municipal district population
1981	491	-
1991	492	-
2001	678	689

History

The name of the settlement (nowadays the village) with I. Bounia (Ι. Μπουνιά) came from its first inhabitants in which brought the name Doukas (Δούκας, meaning duke in Greek). The older written origin it had Doukades in a notary writing from 1616. It brouthg the rocky archive of the Theotokis family, the Venetian press sagrado of Cuartano, the hamlet Korangio in which and the building of its public school in the entrance of the village. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of its buildings were rebuilt.

Doukades was characterized as a settlement with the law of October 19, 1978 No. 594 IV / November 13, 1998 (Codical statistics, number 22.1.137.01). The range which happened with the prefectural law with TP/6529 or July 25, 1986 based on the April 24, 1945 law (181 IV/May 3, 1985).

Other

Doukades has a school, a lyceum (middle school), a few churches, a post office, and a square (plateia). Its nearest gymnasium (secondary school) are in Skripero.

See also

• List of settlements in the Corfu prefecture

External links

• Doukades at the GTP Travel Pages

References