Vitalades (Greek: Βιταλάδες), also with the o accented is a village in the southeastern part of the island of Corfu. It is also a municipal district of the municipality of Lefkimmi. Its 2001 population was 466 for the village and 528 for the municipal district. Several hills dominate the area. Vitalades is one of several villages on the island that have the suffix -ades, e.g. Argyrades.

Lefkimmi municipality with Neochori, Satellite image

Settlements

* Neochori, pop. 224
* Dragotina, pop. 266
* Kritika, pop. 427, founded in the 16th century by refugees from Crete who escaped Ottoman invasion
* Palaiochori, pop. 605
* Spartera, pop. 114

Nearest places

* Lefkimmi, north
* Vitalades, west

Population
Year Settlement population Municipal district population
1981 - 1,641
1991 271 -
2001 232 1,663

History

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of its buildings were rebuilt. The population consisted as a single village that included several nearby settlements including all of them composing the community and the current municipal district. The four settlements opened their own offices and Neochori remained a village, its population was lost to several settlements added, its population slightly lost between 1991 and 2001. Recently, Neochori was struck by a nearby earthquake epicentered in the vicinity of Lefkimmi on June 29, 2007, it measured at 5.9 on the Richter scale at 1 a.m. during the late night hours and it caused minor damages.