Vasiliki, Lefkada
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Vasiliki is a town in the municipal unit of Apollonioi, on the island of Lefkada
Lefkada
Lefkada, or Leucas or Leucadia , is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Lefkada . It is situated on the northern part of the island,...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. The village is linked with a road linking with the island capital and to Porto Katsiki
Porto Katsiki
Egremni is a remote beach located on the south-western coast of the Ionian island of Lefkada, north-western Greece...

and the eastern half of the island. The mountains surround the island and are made up with bushes, grasslands, rocks and a couple of trees, farmlands lie within the valley areas and around the villages.

Vasiliki is a well known windsurfing spot during the summer months due to a local thermal wind known amongst windsurfers as 'Eric'. There are often over a hundred windsurfers in the bay at any one time. The area is also popular with other sailing craft and mountain bikers.

Several holiday companies operate in Vasiliki providing windsurfing and sailing equipment for their guests to use. These include Wildwind, Club Vass and Neilson.

Population

Year Population
1981 371
1991 368
2001 431

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