Corfu Town

Corfu or Kerkyra is a city and a former municipality on the island of , , . Since the 2019 local government reform, it is part of the municipality .
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  • Type: City with 39,500 residents
  • Description: capital of the Greek island and municipality of Corfu
  • Also known as: Corfu” and “Kerkyra
  • Postal code: 49100

Places of Interest

Highlights include Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias and Old Fortress.

Aerodrome
Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias" or Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport is a government-owned airport on the Greek island of at Kerkyra, serving both scheduled and charter flights from European cities.

The of Corfu is a Venetian fortress in the city of Corfu. The fortress covers the promontory which initially contained the old town of Corfu that had emerged during Byzantine times.

The of Corfu is a Venetian fortress built on the hill of St. Mark in in stages. The original architect of the fort was the military engineer Ferrante Vitelli.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alepou and Kanali.

Suburb
is a Greek town adjacent to the city of Corfu. was established as a settlement on 28 January 1866 by publication of the decision in the Greek government gazette.

Quarter
or Kanalion is a town on the island of , Greece. It is a community of the city of Corfu, and part of the municipality .

Suburb
Photo: StefanosKozanis, Public domain.
is a suburb.

Corfu Town

Latitude
39.6217° or 39° 37′ 18″ north
Longitude
19.9181° or 19° 55′ 5″ east
Population
39,500
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
IATA airport code
CFU
United Nations Location Code
GR CFU
Open location code
8FFXJWC9+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1827940532
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2463679
Wiki­data ID
Q205832
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Corfu Town” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Korfu
  • Albanian: Korfuzi
  • Arabic: قرفس
  • Arabic: كورفو
  • Arabic: كيركيرا، كيركيرا
  • Arabic: كيركيرا
  • Arabic: مدينة كورفو
  • Armenian: Կերկիրա
  • Asturian: Corfu
  • Azerbaijani: Kerkira
  • Azerbaijani: Korfu
  • Basque: Korfu
  • Belarusian: Керкіра (горад)
  • Belarusian: Керкіра
  • Bengali: কুরফু
  • Bulgarian: Корфу
  • Catalan: Corfú
  • Cebuano: Kérkyra
  • Chinese: 克基拉
  • Chinese: 克基拉市
  • Croatian: Krf
  • Czech: Kérkira
  • Czech: Kerkyra
  • Czech: Korfu
  • Danish: Korfu
  • Dutch: Corcyra
  • Dutch: Corfu
  • Dutch: Kerkira
  • Dutch: Kérkira
  • Dutch: Kerkyra
  • Dutch: Kérkyra
  • Dutch: Korfoe
  • Egyptian Arabic: كورفو
  • Esperanto: Kerkira
  • Esperanto: Korfuo
  • Estonian: Kérkyra
  • Finnish: Korfu
  • French: Corfou-ville
  • French: Corfou
  • French: Kerkyra
  • French: Ville de Corfou
  • Galician: Corfú, Corfú
  • Galician: Corfú
  • Georgian: კერკირა
  • German: Korfu Stadt
  • German: Korfu-Stadt
  • German: Korfu
  • Greek: Kérkyra
  • Greek: Κέρκυρα
  • Gujarati: કોર્ફુ
  • Hebrew: קורפו טאון
  • Hebrew: קורפו
  • Hindi: कोरफू
  • Hungarian: Korfu
  • Ido: Kerkira
  • Indonesian: Kerkyra
  • Irish: Corfu
  • Italian: Corfù
  • Japanese: ケルキューラ
  • Japanese: ケルキュア
  • Japanese: ケルキュラ
  • Japanese: ケルキラ
  • Japanese: コルキュア
  • Japanese: コルキュラ
  • Japanese: コルフ
  • Japanese: コルフ旧市街
  • Kannada: ಕೋರ್ಫು
  • Kirghiz: Керкира
  • Korean: 케르키라
  • Korean: 코르푸
  • Latin: Corcyra
  • Latvian: Korfu
  • Lithuanian: Kerkyra
  • Macedonian: Крф
  • Malay: Corfu
  • Malayalam: കോർഫു
  • Marathi: कॉर्फ्यु
  • Moksha: Кэркира
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Korfu by
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kérkyra by
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Korfu by
  • Norwegian: Korfu
  • Persian: شهر کورفو
  • Polish: Korfu
  • Portuguese: Corfu
  • Portuguese: Kerkyra
  • Romanian: Corfu
  • Romanian: Kerkyra
  • Russian: Керкира
  • Russian: Корфу
  • Scots: Corfu
  • Serbian: Krf
  • Serbian: Крф
  • Serbo-Croatian: Krf
  • Sinhala: කොර්ෆු
  • Slovak: Korfu
  • Slovenian: Krf
  • Spanish: Ciudad de Corfu
  • Spanish: Ciudad de Corfú
  • Spanish: Corfu
  • Spanish: Corfú
  • Swedish: Korfu
  • Tamil: கோர்பியூ
  • Telugu: కోర్ఫ్యూ
  • Thai: คอร์ฟู
  • Turkish: Korfu
  • Ukrainian: Керкіра
  • Ukrainian: Корфу
  • Ukrainian: Місто Керкіра
  • Urdu: کورفو
  • Vietnamese: Corfu
  • Waray (Philippines): Corfu
  • Waray (Philippines): Kerkyra
  • Yiddish: קארפו
  • Yiddish: קארפֿו
  • Yue Chinese: 克基拉

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