Ereikoussa

Also known as Nisi Erikousa

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Greek Dimos.name: Ereikoussa
Greek Dimos.name_local: Ερείκουσα
Greek Dimos.type: municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: Erikoussa.jpg
Greek Dimos.image_map: DE Erikoussis.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption: Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph: Ionian Islands
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Corfu
Greek Dimos.municipality: Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 447
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit: 4.449

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Population: 330
Area: 4
Image: Erikoussa.jpg
Width: 2
Length: 2.8

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Commons category: Erikoussa
postal code: 49100
native label: Ερείκουσα

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Ereikoussa () is an island and a former community of the Ionian Islands, Greece. It is one of the Diapontian Islands; an island complex to the northwest of Corfu. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located off the northwestern coast of the island of Corfu, and is almost equidistant from Corfu to the southeast, Mathraki to the southwest, and Othonoi to the west. Its population was 447 in the 2021 census, and its land area is . The municipal unit has an area of 4.449 km2. It has six settlements; the main one is Porto (Πόρτο), which is also where the only port is located. The island has dense vegetation and three beaches; Porto (Πόρτο), Bragini (Μπραγκίνι), and Fiki (Φύκι). The name Ereikoussa derives from the plant ereíki (ερείκη), which can be found throughout the island.

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