Paxos
Sign in to savePaxos () is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, lying just south of Corfu. As a group with the nearby island of Antipaxos and adjoining islets, it is also called by the plural form Paxi or Paxoi (, pronounced in English and in Greek). The main town and the seat of the municipality is Gaios. The smallest of the seven main Ionian Islands (the Heptanese), Paxos has an area of , while the municipality has an area of and a population of about 2,500.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Paxoi
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Παξοί
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.city_flag
- Flag of Paxos, Greece.svg
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Paxon.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Ionian Islands
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Corfu
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 2466
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 30.121
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 490 82
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 26620
- Greek Dimos.licence
- KY
- Greek Dimos.website
- www.paxi.gr
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- GaiosPaxiJuly192022 01.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Gaios Port
- Greek Dimos.seat
- Gaios
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Paxos () is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, lying just south of Corfu. As a group with the nearby island of Antipaxos and adjoining islets, it is also called by the plural form Paxi or Paxoi (, pronounced in English and in Greek). The main town and the seat of the municipality is Gaios. The smallest of the seven main Ionian Islands (the Heptanese), Paxos has an area of , while the municipality has an area of and a population of about 2,500.
Paxos lies some 15 km from the southern tip of Corfu and at about the same distance from the town of Parga on the mainland. It is connected by ferry lines from Igoumenitsa and Corfu with Gaios. The island is hilly, the highest point having an elevation of 230 m.