Vlachata (

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

: Βλαχάτα, also Βλαχάτα Εικοσιμίας) is a village and a community in the eastern part of the municipal unit of

Leivatho Leivatho () is a former municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argostoli, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies south of Arg ...

near the south coast of the island of

Kefalonia Kefalonia or Cephalonia (), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallonia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th-largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It is also a separate regio ...

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. To avoid confusion with another Vlachata near Sami, it is also known as ''Vlachata Eikosimias''. The community consists of the villages Vlachata and Simotata, which is 2 km east of Vlachata. Vlachata is situated on a mountain slope above the

Ionian Sea The Ionian Sea (, ; or , ; , ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, ...

coast, at about 200 m elevation.

Mount Ainos Mount Aenos or Ainos (Ancient Greek: '' Ὄρος Αἶνος''; Modern Greek: '' Όρος Αίνος''; Italian: ''Monte Nero'' or ''Montagna Nera'') is the tallest mountain on the Ionian island of Cephalonia, Greece, with an elevation of . It ...

, the highest point of Cephalonia, is 4 km to the northeast. Vlachata is 1 km northwest of

Lourdata Lourdata is a village on the south coast of Cephalonia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Leivatho Leivatho () is a former municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local gov ...

, 2 km southeast of Mousata, 13 km southwest of

Poros Poros (; ) is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, about south of the port of Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a wide sea channel, with the town of Galatas on the mainland across the strait. Its surf ...

and 13 km southeast of

Argostoli Argostoli (, Katharevousa: ) is a town and a municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is one of the three municipalities on the island. It has been the capi ...

. The road from Argostoli to Poros runs through Vlachata. Vlachata suffered great damage from the

1953 Ionian earthquake The 1953 Ionian earthquake (also known as the Great Kefalonia earthquake) struck the southern Ionian Islands in Greece on August 12. In mid-August, there were over 113 recorded earthquakes in the region between Kefalonia and Zakynthos, and the mo ...

Historical population

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{{Argostoli div Populated places in Cephalonia

Historical population

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