- Kefalonia Prefecture
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Kefallinia
Νομός Κεφαλληνίας— Former prefecture — Location of Kefallinia in Greece Location of municipalities within Kefallinia Prefecture Country Greece Periphery Ionian Islands Capital Argostoli Subdivisions List- 3 provinces
- 8 municipalities
- 1 community
Area – Total 904 km2 (349 sq mi) Area rank 49th Population (2005) – Total 42,088 – Rank 50th – Density 46.6/km2 (120.6/sq mi) – Density rank 33rd Postal codes 28x xx Area codes 267x0 ISO 3166 code GR-23 Website www.kefalonia.eu The Cephalonia Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Κεφαλληνίας) was a prefecture in Greece, containing the Ionian islands of Cephalonia and Ithaca. In 2011 the prefectural self-government was abolished and the territory is now covered by the peripheral units of Cephalonia and Ithaca.
Provinces
It was previously divided into 3 eparchies (provinces), and one independent municipality, Ithaca:
- Krani Province - Argostoli
- Paliki Province - Lixouri
- Sami Province - Sami
Municipalities
The prefecture was divided into eight municipalities and one community:
All of the preceding are on on the Cephalonia island, except Ithaca, which is on its own island of the same name.
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Prefectures of Greece Achaea and Elis (1833) · Achaea (1899) · Adrianople (1920)‡ · Aetolia-Acarnania (1833) · Arcadia (1833) · Argolis and Corinthia (1833) · Argolis (1899) · Argyrokastron (1915)§ · Arta (1882) · Attica and Boeotia (1833) · Attica (1899) · Boeotia (1899) · Chalkidiki (1915) · Chania (1912) · Chios (1915) · Corfu (1864) · Corinthia (1899) · Cyclades (1833) · Dodecanese (1947) · Drama (1915) · Elis (1899) · Euboea (1833) · Evros (1920) · Evrytania (1899) · Florina (1915) · Grevena (1964) · Heraklion (1912) · Imathia (1947) · Ioannina (1915) · Kallipolis (1920)‡ · Karditsa (1899) · Kastoria (1941) · Kavala (1915) · Kefallinia (1864) · Kilkis (1934) · Korytsa (1915)§ · Kozani (1915) · Lacedaemon (1899) · Laconia (1833) · Lakoniki (1899) · Larissa (1882) · Lasithi (1912) · Lefkada (1864) · Lesbos (1915) · Magnesia (1899) · Messenia (1833) · Pella (1930) · Phocis and Locris (1833) · Phocis (1899) · Phthiotis and Phocis (1845) · Phthiotis (1899) · Pieria (1947) · Piraeus (1964) · Preveza (1915) · Rethymno (1912) · Rhaedestos (1920)‡ · Rhodope (1920) · Samos (1915) · Saranta Ekklisies (1920)‡ · Serres (1915) · Sfakia (1912) · Thesprotia (1937) · Thessaloniki (1914) · Trikala (1882) · Trifylia (1899) · Xanthi (1944) · Zakynthos (1864)
From 1971, Attica Prefecture consisted of four prefecture-level units: Athens, East Attica, Piraeus, West Attica
From 1994, the prefectures of Athens and Piraeus; Drama, Kavala and Xanthi; Rhodope and Evros; were grouped intro super-prefecturesdates of first establishment in parentheses
today outside Greece: § in Northern Epirus ‡ in Eastern ThraceCategories:- Prefectures of Greece
- 1864 establishments in Greece
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