Corfu

Corfu is the northernmost of the in . Located off of the far northwest coast of the country, Corfu lies in the Adriatic sea, east of Italy and southwest of Albania.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Corfu Town and Central Corfu.

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Corfu or Kerkyra is a city and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, , . Since the 2019 local government reform, it is part of the municipality .

and Diapontian Islands is a municipality in the region in . It covers the central part of the island of Corfu and the Diapontian Islands.

is a small town on the northern coast of Corfu, . Primarily a resort town, has retained much of its old charm as an old fishing village; the boats still go out every day to catch fish from the clear, warm waters around the island.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as South Corfu and North Corfu.

is a municipality on the island of Corfu in the region in . The municipality was formed at the 2019 local government reform, when the pre-existing municipality of Corfu was divided in three.

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is a municipality on the island of Corfu in the region in . The municipality was formed at the 2019 local government reform, when the pre-existing municipality of Corfu was divided in three.

is a beach resort on the northwest coast of Corfu. It has a big, sandy beach and a great view over the Diapontia islands, off the coast of Corfu.
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Corfu

  • Type: island with 114,000 residents
  • Description: Greek island in the Ionian Sea
  • Also known as: Corcyra”, “Corfu, Korfu, Kerkira”, “Kerkira”, “Kerkyra”, “Korfu”, “Nomós Kerkíras”, “Nomos Kerkyras”, and “Nomós Kerkýras
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
39.597° or 39° 35′ 49″ north
Longitude of center
19.891° or 19° 53′ 28″ east
Population
114,000
Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2463676
Wiki­data ID
Q121378
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Corfu” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Corfu
  • Albanian: Kërkyra
  • Albanian: Korfuz
  • Albanian: Korfuzi
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Κόρκυρα
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Σχερία
  • Arabic: جزيرة كورفو
  • Arabic: كورسيرا
  • Arabic: كورفو
  • Aragonese: Corfú
  • Armenian: Կերկիրա
  • Assamese: কৰ্চাইৰা (শ্ৰুতিকথা)
  • Assamese: কৰ্চাইৰা
  • Asturian: Corcira
  • Asturian: Corfú
  • Azerbaijani: Kerkira
  • Basque: Korfu
  • Belarusian: Востраў Керкіра
  • Belarusian: Востраў Корфу
  • Belarusian: Керкіра
  • Belarusian: Корфу
  • Breton: Kerkira
  • Breton: Korfou
  • Breton: Korfu
  • Bulgarian: Керкира
  • Bulgarian: Корфу
  • Catalan: Corcira
  • Catalan: Còrcira
  • Catalan: Corfú
  • Catalan: Illa de Corfú
  • Catalan: Kerkira
  • Catalan: Kérkira
  • Catalan: Kerkyra
  • Catalan: Kérkyra
  • Catalan: Prefectura de Corfú
  • Cebuano: Corfu
  • Chinese: 克基拉岛
  • Chinese: 克基拉島
  • Chinese: 科孚岛
  • Chinese: 科孚島
  • Croatian: Krf
  • Czech: Korfu
  • Danish: Corfu
  • Danish: Kérkyra
  • Danish: Korfu
  • Dutch: Corfu
  • Dutch: Korfoe
  • Esperanto: Korfuo
  • Estonian: Kerkyra saar
  • Estonian: Kérkyra saar
  • Estonian: Korfu
  • Faroese: Kerkyra
  • Faroese: Korfu
  • Finnish: Corfu
  • Finnish: Kerkira
  • Finnish: Kerkyra
  • Finnish: Korfu
  • French: Corcyre
  • French: Corfou
  • French: Corfu
  • French: Corfù
  • French: Île de Corfou
  • Galician: Corcira
  • Galician: Corfú - Kérkyra
  • Galician: Corfú-Kérkyra
  • Galician: Corfú
  • Galician: Kérkyra
  • Georgian: კერკირა
  • German: Corcyra
  • German: Corfu
  • German: Kerkira
  • German: Korfu
  • German: Kórfu
  • German: Korkyra
  • German: Kórkyra
  • Greek: Κέρκυρα
  • Greek: Νομός Κερκύρας
  • Hebrew: קורפו
  • Hebrew: קרקירה
  • Hungarian: Kérkira
  • Hungarian: Korfu
  • Icelandic: Korfú
  • Ido: Insulo Korfu
  • Ido: Korfu
  • Indonesian: Kerkyra
  • Interlingua: Corfu
  • Irish: Corfú
  • Italian: Corfu
  • Italian: Corfú
  • Italian: Corfù
  • Italian: Kerkyra
  • Japanese: ケルキラ
  • Japanese: ケルキラ島
  • Japanese: コルキラ
  • Japanese: コルキラ島
  • Japanese: コルフ
  • Japanese: コルフ島
  • Javanese: Corfu
  • Kirghiz: Керкира
  • Korean: 케르키라 섬
  • Korean: 케르키라
  • Korean: 케르키라섬
  • Korean: 코르퀴라
  • Korean: 코르키라 섬
  • Korean: 코르키라
  • Korean: 코르푸 섬
  • Korean: 코르푸
  • Kurdish: Korfû
  • Ladin: Corfu
  • Latin: Corcyra
  • Latin: Scheria
  • Latvian: Kerkīra
  • Latvian: Korfu
  • Limburgan: Kerkyra
  • Limburgan: Korfoe
  • Lithuanian: Kerkyra
  • Lithuanian: Korfu
  • Low German: Korfoe
  • Luxembourgish: Korfu
  • Macedonian: Крф
  • Malay: Corfu
  • Maltese: Corcyra
  • Maltese: Kerkira
  • Maltese: Kerkyra
  • Maltese: Korfu
  • Maltese: Korfù
  • Marathi: कोर्फू
  • Northern Frisian: Korfu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Corfu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Corfú
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kerkyra
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kérkyra
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Korfu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Korkyra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Corfu
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kérkira
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kerkyra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kérkyra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Korfu
  • Norwegian: Korfu
  • Occitan (post 1500): Còrcira
  • Occitan (post 1500): Corfú
  • Occitan (post 1500): Illa de Corfú
  • Ossetian: Керкирæ
  • Ossetian: Корфу
  • Persian: کورفو
  • Polish: Kerkira
  • Polish: Kerkyra
  • Polish: Korfu
  • Polish: Korkyra
  • Portuguese: Corcira
  • Portuguese: Corcíra
  • Portuguese: Córcira
  • Portuguese: Corfu
  • Quechua: Corfu
  • Quechua: Corfú
  • Quechua: Corfù
  • Quechua: Kerkira
  • Quechua: Kérkira
  • Quechua: Kerkyra
  • Quechua: Kérkyra
  • Quechua: Kirkira
  • Quechua: Kírkira
  • Quechua: Korfu
  • Quechua: Korfú
  • Romanian: Corfu
  • Russian: Керкира
  • Russian: Корфу
  • Russian: Остров Корфу
  • Russian: Схерия
  • Scots: Corfu
  • Serbian: Krf
  • Serbian: Коркира
  • Serbian: Крф
  • Serbo-Croatian: Korkira
  • Serbo-Croatian: Korkyra
  • Serbo-Croatian: Krf
  • Sicilian: Corfù
  • Slovak: Korfu
  • Slovenian: Krf
  • Spanish: Corcyra
  • Spanish: Corfu
  • Spanish: Corfú
  • Spanish: Corfù
  • Spanish: Kerkyra
  • Spanish: Kérkyra
  • Spanish: Korkyra
  • Swedish: Corfu
  • Swedish: Kerkira
  • Swedish: Kérkira
  • Swedish: Kerkyra
  • Swedish: Korfu
  • Swedish: Korkyra
  • Tagalog: Corfu
  • Tamil: கார்சோரா
  • Tamil: கோர்ஃபு
  • Thai: เกาะคอร์ฟู
  • Turkish: Kérkira
  • Turkish: Korfu adası
  • Turkish: Korfu
  • Ukrainian: Керкіра
  • Ukrainian: Корфу
  • Urdu: کورفو
  • Uzbek: Kerkira
  • Uzbek: Korfu
  • Venetian: Corcira
  • Venetian: Corfù
  • Venetian: Kerkyra
  • Vietnamese: Corfu
  • Vietnamese: Kerkyra
  • Vietnamese: Kérkyra
  • Waray (Philippines): Corfu
  • Waray (Philippines): Kerkyra
  • Welsh: Corfu
  • Welsh: Kerkyra
  • Welsh: Kérkyra
  • Western Armenian: Քերքիրա
  • Western Frisian: Korfoe
  • Western Frisian: Korfû
  • Wu Chinese: 克基拉岛
  • Yue Chinese: 克基拉島

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Corfu”. Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.