Xenopoulo

Xenopoulo (Greek: Ξενόπουλο) is a small village in the island of Kefalonia, Greece. Its 2001 population was 39 for the village. The village is one of the few municipal districts in Greece that share the same population with another settlement.

Nearest places

*Andriolata, north (distance: about 4 km north by road)
*Kampitsata, east (distance: about 2 to 3 km)
*Kapandriti, south (distance: about 4 km by road)

Population

Location and transportation

Xenopoulo is located south of Sami, about 15 km (6 km direct) west of Poros and about 34 km east of Argostoli. Xenopoulo is connected with the Argostoli-Poros Road which is nearly 130 km to the north and also the closest with about 4 to 5 km to the southeast, it also has a poor road to Agios Eleftherios and the north slope of mount Ainos.

The village has about 3 km of paved road and about 5 to 6 km of gravel road. It has about 3 to 4 km of hydro lines.

Geography

Its geography are mountainous and are made up of farmlands. It sits on a mountain slope, the area are mainly deforested. Farmlands are within the village.

History

Xenopoulo was ruled by the Venetians until the Napoleonic Wars when it was French mostly throughout, it was briefly Russian and Ottoman with autonomous administration, and again French, after the invasion until 1864, it became a part of Britain with its possession, the United States of the Ionian Islands until it finally ceded to Greece. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, some of its buildings were rebuilt. Arginia was dramatically devastated by the 1953 Ionian Earthquake and took a few years to rebuild with modern architecture and a disappearance of stone built houses. Arginia became connected with asphalt in the 1970s. More pavement was accessed in the 1990s. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium.

Economy

Its main economy is agriculture, its main production includes olives, cattle, fruits, vegetables and other crops, the village has about 100 to 200 farms in the area.

Panorama

Xenopoulo offers a nice view of its nearby small valley and the village of Tzanata as well as northern Paliokastro, mount Atros, Kokkini Rachi and the village of Kampitsata.

Other

Xenopoulo has a school, a church, a post office, and a square ("plateia"). Its nearest gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (secondary school) are in Poros or Pessada?.

ee also

*List of places in the Kefalonia prefecture
*Administrative divisions of the Kefalonia prefecture

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=6334 Xenopoulo at the GTP Travel Pages]