Kanali, Corfu
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@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ --- schema: foundry-doc-v1 title: "Kanali Regional Market" slug: gr-corfu-kanali language: en language_protocol: PROSE-TOPIC category: markets index_group: market-profiles type: reference content_type: topic quality: stub status: active audience: customer-woodfine bcsc_class: current-fact short_description: "European Regional Market — Patras metropolitan reference point, 219.8 km; 1 Regional-tier co-location cluster." paired_with: markets/gr-corfu-kanali.es.md wikipedia_sourced: true last_edited: 2026-08-25 editor: editorial --- Kanali, a settlement on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea, holds European Regional Market standing under the co-location screening framework's composition gate. The framework's nearest major metropolitan reference point for the market is Patras, 219.8 kilometres away — the longest such distance among Greece's seven current entries, and one that crosses open water to the Greek mainland. Kanali carries one Regional-tier co-location cluster. ## Overview According to Wikipedia (accessed 2026-08-25), Kanali recorded 4,768 residents at the 2021 census, within the municipality of Central Corfu and the Diapontian Islands. <!-- wikipedia-sourced: population/description --> The settlement functions as a community of the city of Corfu and has grown steadily from roughly 2,700 residents in 1991, reflecting gradual island development rather than rapid metropolitan expansion. ## Regional Market Standing | Field | Value | |---|---| | Metropolitan reference point | Patras | | Distance | 219.8 km | | Co-location clusters | 1 Regional-tier | | Catchment population | 121,909 | | Catchment method | Strongest member cluster (single-cluster fallback) | Kanali has one Regional-tier co-location cluster. **Flagged, not resolved:** Corfu has no land connection to Patras, so the 219.8 km reference distance measures the framework's nearest continental reference point, not a commuting distance — a reminder that this field is a screening-algorithm reference, not an administrative or commuter relationship. Cluster-level detail — the specific retail and civic anchors composing the cluster — is pending the underlying GIS dataset and is not included in this stub. See [[atlas-top-400-europe|Top 400 Regional Markets — Europe]] for the full Top 400 set and [[co-location-methodology|Co-location Methodology]] for how markets qualify. ## See Also - [[atlas-greece|Greece Regional Market Index]] - [[atlas-top-400-europe|Top 400 Regional Markets — Europe]] - [[about-regional-markets-system|Regional Markets Intelligence System]] - [[co-location-methodology|Co-location Methodology]] ## References - [Kanali, Corfu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanali,_Corfu) — Wikipedia, accessed 2026-08-25 *Wikipedia content reproduced under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).*