Ionie Islands

Ionie Islands Περιφέρεια Ιονίων Νήσων
Region o Greece
Kintra	Greece
Caipital	Corfu
Regional units	Leet Corfu Ithaca Kefalonia Lefkada Zakynthos
Govrenment
• Regional govrenor	Spyridon Spyrou (ND)
Aurie
• Tot	2,307 km2 (891 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Tot	231,514
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	GR-F
Wabsteid	pin.gov.gr

Ionie Islands (Greek: Περιφέρεια Ιονίων Νήσων) is ane o the thirteen regions o Greece. It comprises the historical region o the Ionian Islands, except for the island o Kythera which belangs tae Attica.

Admeenistration

The region wis established in the 1987 admeenistrative reform, comprisin the prefecturs o Corfu, Kefalonia an Ithaca, Lefkada an Zakynthos.

Wi the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its pouers an authority wur redefined an extendit. Alang wi Wast Greece an Peloponnese regions, it is supervisit bi the Decentralizit Admeenistration o the Peloponnese, Wast Greece an the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The region is based at Corfu an is dividit intae 5 regional units:

• Corfu (Kerkyra)
• Ithaca (Ithaki)
• Kefalonia
• Lefkada
• Zakynthos

The region's govrenor is, syne 1 Januar 2011, Spyros Spyrou, who wis electit in the November 2010 local admeenistration elections for the New Democracy pairty.

Historical population

Year	Population	Density
1862	228,631	87.8/km²
1879	244,433	106.0/km²
1920	224,189	97.1/km²
1928	213,157	92.4/km²
1940	219,562	95.1/km²
1951	228,597	99.0/km²
1961	207,061	89.7/km²
1981	182,651	79.1/km²
1991	193,734	83.9/km²
2001	212,984	92.3/km²

Freemit airtins

• Region o the Ionian Islands
• Eurostat population by NUTS 2