Palaiokastritsa

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Palaiokastritsa

Total population

4,279

Air quality index

40Good

Land area48.4 km²

WeatherAvg high 69.4°F

Coordinates39.68°, 19.71°

Demographic figures from ELSTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Palaiokastritsa is a village in northwestern Corfu, Greece. Corfu has been suggested to be the mythical island of the Phaeacians and the bay of Palaiokastritsa to be the place where Odysseus disembarked and met Nausicaa for the first time. The monastery in Palaiokastritsa, which dates from 1225, houses a museum. It is especially known for its great cliffs and nearby beaches.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Vicky Leandros

Greek singer

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Vasílis Stogiánnos

Greek university professor

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Naky Agathou

Greek presenter (1940–2026)

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Dimitrios Kaloudis

Greek lawyer and politician

G

Georgios Romeos

Greek journalist, writer, and politician ( 1934 -2023)

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Timofei

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Konstantinos Gulis

Greek politician

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Fotos Giofyllis

Greek writer, painter and journalist

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Alexandros Avlonitis

Greek politician

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Spyridon Doukakis

Greek conductor and composer

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Panagiotis Spigos

Greek photographer from Corfu

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ionian Islands

• Vistonas
  1.4 mi away
• Krini
  1.5 mi away
• Alimatades
  1.6 mi away
• Vatonies
  1.9 mi away
• Arkadades
  2.5 mi away
• Aspiotades
  3.1 mi away
• Agios Georgios
  3.2 mi away
• Manatades
  3.2 mi away
• Agros
  3.2 mi away
• Marmaro
  3.5 mi away
• Agios Athanasios
  3.5 mi away
• Dafni
  3.8 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Gallery

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