Vatonies

Vatonies (Greek: Βατωνιές) also with an e accented is a town in the northwestern part of the island of Corfu. It it also in the municipality of Agios Georgios. Its 2001 population was 92 for the settlement. Agios Georgios Pagon is located northwest of the city of Corfu and about near Pagi.

Nearest place

*Pagoi, north
*Prinyla, southwest

Population

About Vatonies

The main last name in the village is Leftheriotis, Lefteriotis which were from Eleftheriores from the Byzantine period, families with tax resisters during the rule of Manuel I Comnenus in the 12th century.

Other

Vatonies has a church Agion Apostolon, a tavern . Its nearest school is in Agros, gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (secondary school) are in Agros.

(Real position on Google maps is 39.702928,19.717348)

ee also

*List of places in the Corfu prefecture

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=5922 Vatonies at the GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=39.702928&longitude=19.717348&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/mapz.aspx?&lats1=39.702928&longs=19.717348&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=39.702928,19.717348 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=39.702928&lon=19.717348&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.702928,19.717348&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=39.702928|19.717348&5style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|38|42|8|N|19|43|0|E|type:city(74)_region:GR -wrong-