The Griko villages in Italy

The Griko villages usually have two names, an Italian one as well as a native Grikoname by which villagers refer to the town. The Griko villages are typically divided into small "islands" in the areas of southern Italy:

• Apulia
  • Province of Salento (Grecía Salentina)
  • Calimera ^[16]
  • Cannole:^[17] Cánnula
  • Caprarica^[17] Crapáreca^[18]
  • Carpignano Salentino:^[16] Carpignána
  • Castrignano dei Greci:^[16] Castrignána or Cascignána
  • Corigliano d’Otranto:^[16] Choriána or Coriána^[19]
  • Curse^[17] Cúrze
  • Cutrofiano:^[16] Cutrufiána
  • Martano:^[16] Martána
  • Martignano:^[16] Martignána
  • Melpignano:^[16] Lipignána^[19]
  • Soleto:^[16] Sulítu
  • Sternatia:^[16] i Chora (η Χώρα) and Starnaítta
  • Zollino:^[16] Tzuddhínu
  • Galatina^[13] As Pétro
• Province of Salento (outside Grecia Salentina)
  • Alliste ^[20]
  • Cellino San Marco^[21]
  • Francavilla Fontana^[21]'
  • Galatone^[14] Galátuna^[18]
  • Gallipoli^[14] Caddhípuli
  • Lecce^[21] (in various regions): Luppìu
  • Manduria^[21]
  • Maruggio^[21]
  • San Cesario di Lecce^[21]
  • Squinzano^[21]
  • Taviano^[20]
  • Vernole^[21]
• Calabria; Calabrian Greece region ^[11]
  • Amendolea:^[11] Amiddalia
  • Armo^[22]
  • Bagaladi:^[11] Bagalades
  • Bova Superiore:^[11] Chòra tu Vùa (Βοῦα), i Chora (ἡ Χώρα)^[23]
  • Bova Marina: Jalo tu Vùa
  • Brancaleone^[11]
  • Cardeto:^[11][24] Kardia
  • Cataforio:^[22] Katachòrio
  • Condofuri:^[11][25] Kontofyria, o Condochòri (Κοντοχώρι «near the village»)^[26]
  • Gallicianò^[11]
  • Laganadi:^[22] Lachanàdi, Lachanàdes
  • Lubrichi^[22]
  • Mélito di Porto Salvo:^[11] Mèlitos or Mèlito
  • Montebello^[11]
  • Mosorrofa:^[22] Messòchora
  • Motta San Giovanni^[11]
  • Palizzi:^[11] Spiròpoli
  • Paracorio^[22] merged in 1878 with the town of Pedovoli^[22] into the present town of Delianuova: Dhelia
  • Pentedattilo^[25]
  • Podàrgoni:^[27] Podàrghoni
  • Polistena^[28]
  • Roccaforte del Greco:^[11] Vuni (Βουνί «Mountain»)^[29]
  • Roghudi:^[11] Roghudion, Choriò, Richudi (ῥηχώδης «rock»)^[30]
  • Samo:^[11] Samu
  • San Pantaleone^[25]
  • San Lorenzo^[11][25]
  • Santa Caterina^[24][31]
  • San. Giorgio^[22]
  • Scido:^[22] Skidous
  • Sinopoli:^[32] Xenòpolis, Sinopolis
  • Sitizzano^[22]
  • Staiti:^[11] Stàti
• La Piana di Monteleone region
  • Calimera^[33]
  • Dinami:^[33] Dynamis
  • Filandari:^[33] Philandaris
  • Garopoli^[33]
  • Ierocarne^[33]
  • Ionadi:^[33] Ionades
  • Orsigliadi^[33]
  • Papaglionti^[33]
  • Paravati^[33]
  • Potame^[33]
  • Melicuca:^[33] Melikukià
  • Mesima^[33]
  • Stefanaconi^[33]
  • Triparni^[33]
  • Official status

The Italian parliament has recognized the Griko community of Reggio Calabria and Salento as an ethnic and linguistic minority, under the name of "Minoranze linguistiche Grike dell'Etnia Griko-Calabrese e Salentina" (linguistic minority of the Griko-Calabrian and Salentinian ethnicity).