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Eleios-Pronnoi
Eleios-Pronnoi ( el, Ελειός-Πρόννοι) is a former municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argostoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 111.687 km2. Population 3,677 (2011 census). The seat of the municipality was in Pastra (pop. 133). The municipal unit contains several mountain ranges, including the eastern part of Mount Ainos. Its largest towns are Póros (pop. 930), Skála (760), and Agía Eiríni (314). Population Subdivisions The municipal unit Eleios-Pronnoi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agia Eirini * Agios Nikolaos * Arginia * Chionata (Chionata, Kolaitis, Thiramonas) * Markopoulo (Markopoulo, Kateleios, Kato Kateleios) * Mavrata * Pastra (Pastra, Kremmydi) *Poros (Poros, Asprogerakas, Kampitsata, Riza, Tzanata Tzanata ( el, Τζανάτα) is an inland village in the sou ...
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Andriolata
Andriolata, ( el, Ανδριολάτα) is a settlement in the island of Kefalonia, Greece. It is part of the local community of Xenopoulo and the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi. In 2011 its population was 8. It is situated 1.5 km north of Xenopoulo, 4 km west of Poros and 21 km east of Argostoli. It was part of the independent community of Xenopoulo between 1912 and 1997, when it became part of the municipality Eleios-Pronnoi. Population See also *List of settlements in Cephalonia This is a list of settlements in Cephalonia, Greece. * Agia Effimia * Agia Eirini * Agia Thekla * Agios Nikolaos * Agkonas * Antipata Erisou * Arginia * Argostoli * Asos * Atheras * Chaliotata, Sami Σάμη. 2 km SE of Poulata. * ... References External linksAndriolata at the GTP Travel Pages {{Argostoli div Eleios-Pronnoi Populated places in Cephalonia ...
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Mavrata
Mavrata ( el, Μαυράτα) is a village in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi, in the southeastern part of the island of Cephalonia, Greece. In 2011 its population was 139. It is situated on a hill above the Ionian Sea coast, at about 180 m elevation. It is 1 km south of Chionata, 3 km southwest of Pastra and 10 km southwest of Poros. It was devastated by the 1953 Ionian earthquake. Population See also *List of settlements in Cephalonia This is a list of settlements in Cephalonia, Greece. * Agia Effimia * Agia Eirini * Agia Thekla * Agios Nikolaos * Agkonas * Antipata Erisou * Arginia * Argostoli * Asos * Atheras * Chaliotata, Sami Σάμη. 2 km SE of Poulata. * ... External linksMavrata at the GTP Travel Pages References {{Argostoli div Eleios-Pronnoi Populated places in Cephalonia ...
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Agios Nikolaos, Cephalonia
Agios Nikolaos (Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος) is a village in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi on the island Cephalonia, Greece. Its population is 96 people (2011 census). It is situated in an inland valley, at 280 m elevation. It is 3 km southeast of Digaleto, 4 km north of Xenopoulo, 6 km northwest of Poros and 20 km east of Argostoli. The road from Poros to Sami passes through the village. Agios Nikolaos suffered great damage from the 1953 Ionian earthquake. The village has an elementary school and a church dedicated to Saint Gerasimos. Population See also *List of settlements in Cephalonia This is a list of settlements in Cephalonia, Greece. * Agia Effimia * Agia Eirini * Agia Thekla * Agios Nikolaos * Agkonas * Antipata Erisou * Arginia * Argostoli * Asos * Atheras * Chaliotata, Sami Σάμη. 2 km SE of Poulata. * ... References {{Argostoli div Eleios-Pronnoi Populated places in Cephalonia ...
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Xenopoulo
Xenopoulo ( el, Ξενόπουλο) is a small village and a community in the island of Kefalonia, Greece. Its population in 2011 was 50 for the village, and 108 for the community, which includes the villages Andriolata (pop. 8) and Kapandriti (pop. 50). Xenopoulo is situated at the eastern slope of Mount Ainos, at about 320 m elevation. It is 3 km northwest of Agia Eirini, 5 km west of Poros and 21 km east of Argostoli. Xenopoulo was devastated by the 1953 Ionian earthquake. Population See also *List of settlements in Cephalonia This is a list of settlements in Cephalonia, Greece. * Agia Effimia * Agia Eirini * Agia Thekla * Agios Nikolaos * Agkonas * Antipata Erisou * Arginia * Argostoli * Asos * Atheras * Chaliotata, Sami Σάμη. 2 km SE of Poulata. * ... External linksXenopoulo at the GTP Travel Pages References {{Argostoli div Populated places in Cephalonia Eleios-Pronnoi ...
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Valerianos
Valerianos ( el, Βαλεριάνος) is a village and a community in the island of Cephalonia, Greece. In 2011 its population was 154 for the village, and 302 for the community, which includes the villages Atsoupades (pop. 97) and Plateies (pop. 51). It is situated at the southeastern foot of Mount Ainos, at about 190 m elevation. It is 0.5 km northwest of Chionata, 3 km southwest of Pastra, 9 km southwest of Poros and 23 km southeast of Argostoli. Valerianos was devastated by the 1953 Ionian earthquake. Population Notable people *Juan de Fuca (1536–1602), Greek maritime pilot in the service of the Spanish king Philip IIΕπίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος (Geographical Dictionary of Greece), Μιχαήλ Σταματελάτος, Φωτεινή Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου, εκδ. Ερμής, ΑΘήνα 2001 See also *List of settlements in Cephalonia This is a list of settlements in Cephalonia, Greece. * ...
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Tzanata
Tzanata ( el, Τζανάτα) is an inland village in the southeast of Kefalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of Greece. It is part of the community of Poros within the Eleios-Pronnoi municipal unit. It is situated 3 km southwest of Poros, 25 km southeast of Sami and 36 km east of Argostoli. Along with the neighbouring villages of Agia Eirini and Kampitsata, it is situated in a fertile plain south of the Atros hill. The village has a small school, community centre and community clinic; a sports stadium to serve the local area is slowly being completed. A mineral water spring (vrysi) fed from the ‘bottomless’ Avithos lake at Agios Nikolaos feeds a fountain in the plane tree sheltered square where the village festivals, served by souvlaki stalls and the adjacent taverna, are held in the summer months. Water from the surrounding mountains also feeds two reservoirs just outside the village, one completed in 2005 to feed the burgeoning summer demands of nearby Skala. In 1 ...
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Chionata
Chionata ( el, Χιονάτα) is a village and a community in the southeastern part of the island of Cephalonia, Greece. It is situated in the plain between the southeastern slope of Mount Ainos and the Ionian Sea coast. Its population in 2011 was 63 for the village and 154 for the community, which includes the villages Kolaitis (pop. 32) and Thiramonas (pop. 59). Chionata is southeast of Valerianos, west of Markopoulo and southwest of Poros. It was devastated by the 1953 Ionian earthquake. Population See also *List of settlements in Cephalonia This is a list of settlements in Cephalonia, Greece. * Agia Effimia * Agia Eirini * Agia Thekla * Agios Nikolaos * Agkonas * Antipata Erisou * Arginia * Argostoli * Asos * Atheras * Chaliotata, Sami Σάμη. 2 km SE of Poulata. * ... External linksChionata at the GTP Travel Pages References {{Argostoli div Populated places in Cephalonia Eleios-Pronnoi ...
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Arginia
Arginia ( el, Αργίνια) is a small village in the southern part of the island of Kefalonia, Greece. In 2011 its population was 15. It is situated on the southeastern slope of the Mount Ainos, at about 550 m elevation. It is 2 km north of Valerianos, 3 km west of Pastra, 8 km southwest of Poros and 22 km southeast of Argostoli. Arginia was devastated by the 1953 Ionian earthquake. Population See also *List of settlements in Cephalonia This is a list of settlements in Cephalonia, Greece. * Agia Effimia * Agia Eirini * Agia Thekla * Agios Nikolaos * Agkonas * Antipata Erisou * Arginia * Argostoli * Asos * Atheras * Chaliotata, Sami Σάμη. 2 km SE of Poulata. * ... External linksArginia at the GTP Travel Pages References {{Argostoli div Populated places in Cephalonia Eleios-Pronnoi ...
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Agia Eirini, Cephalonia
Agia Eirini ( el, Άγια Ειρήνη, for Saint Irene) is a community in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi in the southeastern part of the island of Cephalonia, Greece. It is situated in an inland valley, at about 90 m elevation. It is 2 km south of Tzanata, 3 km southeast of Xenopoulo, 3 km north of Pastra and 4 km southwest of Poros. It is located on the road connecting Poros with Argostoli. Historical population External linksGTP - Agia Eirini See also *List of settlements in Cephalonia This is a list of settlements in Cephalonia, Greece. * Agia Effimia * Agia Eirini * Agia Thekla * Agios Nikolaos * Agkonas * Antipata Erisou * Arginia * Argostoli * Asos * Atheras * Chaliotata, Sami Σάμη. 2 km SE of Poulata. * ... References {{Argostoli div Populated places in Cephalonia ...
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Skala, Cephalonia
Skala (Greek: Σκάλα) is a village located in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi, some 39 km south from the island's main town of Argostoli and 14 km SW of Poros, in the south of Cephalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of Greece. During the summer, Skala becomes a popular holiday destination. Villages The community of Skala consists of the following villages: *Skala, pop. 760 *Aleimmatas, pop. 20 *Ratzakli, pop. 118 *Fanies, pop. 25 History The current village was built in 1956 and replaces the old village which was levelled during the 1953 Ionian earthquake, killing 36 and injuring hundreds of villagers. The original village was located on the hill behind the present one, as many of the island's were, in order to avoid invasion from raiders and pirates during the previous centuries. The name 'Skala' originates from the Greek word for stairs. It was given this name because when it was in its original place, the houses seemed to ascend almost as though they were a s ...
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Poros, Cephalonia
Poros ( el, Πόρος) is a picturesque small town located in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi, some 40 km SE of Argostoli, 28 km SE of Sami and 12 km NE of Skala, in the southeast of Cephalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of Greece. Geography The community of Poros consists of the villages: *Poros, pop. 930 *Asprogerakas, pop. 12 *Kampitsata, pop. 41 *Riza, pop. 34 *Tzanata, pop. 159 Poros is effectively divided into three parts. Poros port, with its couple of tavernas and bars, connects the island with Kyllini on the Peloponnese area of mainland Greece via regular year-round ferry service. During the summer months a ferry may connect Poros with Zakynthos and a couple of tourist caiques offer cruises to Ithaca and the Blue Caves of Zakynthos. The harbour is also home to the local fishing boats which supply the area with fresh fish. Separated from Poros port by a small hillock lies the shingle town beach, backed by a taverna-fringed square and main servi ...
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