Neochori is a village in the southeastern part of the island of Corfu

Corfu

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. It is located in the municipal unit of Lefkimmi

Lefkimmi

Lefkimmi is a town and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit. Its land area is 50.819 km² and its population was 6,704 at the 2001 census. Lefkimmi is the...

. Its 2001 population was 224 for the village and 1,636 for the municipal district. Neochori is located east-southeast of the city of Corfu

Corfu (city)

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. Several hills dominate the area.

Settlements

• Neochori, pop. 224
• Dragotina, pop. 266
• Kritika, pop. 427, founded in the 16th century by refugees from Crete
  Crete
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   who escaped Ottoman
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   invasion
• Palaiochori, pop. 605
• Spartera, pop. 114

Population

Year	Settlement population	Municipal district population
1981	-	1,641
1991	271	-
2001	232	1,663

History

After World War II

World War II

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 and the Greek Civil War

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, much of its buildings were rebuilt. The population consisted as a single village that included several nearby settlements including all of them composing the community and the current municipal district. The four settlements opened their own offices and Neochori remained a village, its population was lost to several settlements added, its population slightly lost between 1991 and 2001. Recently, Neochori was struck by a nearby earthquake epicentered in the vicinity of Lefkimmi on June 29, 2007, it measured at 5.9 on the Richter scale at 1 a.m. during the late night hours and it caused minor damages.