Corfu (Greek: Κέρκυρα - Kérkyra) is a ceety an a umwhile municipality on the island o Corfu, Ionie Islands, Greece. Syne the 2011 local govrenment reform, it is pairt o the municipality Corfu, o which it is a municipal unit. It is the caipital o the island an o the Corfu regional unit. The ceety serves as a caipital for the region o the Ionian Islands an aw. The ceety (pop. 28,185 in 2001) is a major tourist attraction, an haes played an important role syne the 8t century. The ceety haes become kent as a Kastropolis (Castle Ceety) acause o its twa castles. In 2007, the auld town o the ceety wis inscribed on the UNESCO Warld Heritage Leet. The Municipality o Corfu (Kérkyra) generally stretches in a northwasterly direction frae the ceety on the central east coast o the island, an haes a land aurie o 41.905 km2 (16.180 sq mi) an a total population o 39,487 inhabitants. Besides the ceety o Corfu/Kérkyra, its lairgest ither touns are Kanáli (pop. 3,556), Potamós (2,365), Kontokáli (1,616), Alepoú (1,606), an Gouviá (952).
Cultur
The ceety o Corfu haes a lang tradition in the fine airts. The Philharmonic Society of Corfu is pairt o that tradition.
International relations
Twin touns — Sister ceties
Corfu is twinned wi:
- Kruševac, Serbie, syne 19 October 1985)
- Paphos, Cyprus, syne 5 Julie 1992
- Famagusta, Cyprus, syne 13 August 1994
- Meissen, Germany, syne 26 September 1996
- Troisdorf, Germany, syne 4 October 1996
- Asha, Cyprus, syne 3 May 1998
- Brindisi, Italy, syne 21 Mey 1998
- Vathi, Samos Greece, syn 29 Julie 1998
- Carovigno, Italy, syne 7 May 2000
- Verona, Italy, syne August 2000
- Koper/Capodistria, Slovenie, syne 7 December 2000)
- Sarandë, Albanie, syne 12 Julie 2001)
- Tremetousia, Cyprus, syne 9 December 2001
- Ioannina, Greece, syne 21 December 2002
- Belgrade, Serbie, syne 25 February 2010
