Lefkada is a city and a former municipality on the island of Lefkada

Lefkada

Lefkada, or Leucas or Leucadia , is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Lefkada . It is situated on the northern part of the island,...

, Ionian Islands

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, Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lefkada

Lefkada

Lefkada, or Leucas or Leucadia , is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Lefkada . It is situated on the northern part of the island,...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It is the capital and main town of the island of Lefkada

Lefkada

Lefkada, or Leucas or Leucadia , is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Lefkada . It is situated on the northern part of the island,...

, located in the northern and northeastern part of the island. The city had a 2001 census population of 13,947 inhabitants. The municipal unit has a land area of 60.628 km² and a population of 16,307. Its next largest towns are Lygiá (pop. 739), Nikiána (666), Apólpaina (507), Frýni (444), Kariótes (442), and Tsoukaládes (431).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Lefkada is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Lefkada (Lefkada, Fryni, Kalligoni)
• Agios Nikitas
• Alexandros (Alexandros, Kollyvata, Nikiana)
• Apolpaina
• Kalamitsi
• Kariotes
• Katouna (Katouna, Episkopos, Lygia)
• Tsoukalades (Tsoukalades, Kalavros)

Other

Lefkada has schools, a few lyceums (middle schools), gymnasia, banks, churches and squares (plateies

Plateia

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).