Ionie Islands

Ionie Islands () 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/km²http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00097.pdfhttp://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00016.pdfhttp://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_01_0002_00060.pdf

References

Freemit airtins
 Region o the Ionian Islands 
 Eurostat population by NUTS 2

Category:Modren regions o Greece
Region
Category:States an territories established in 1987