Mavrata

Mavrata Μαυράτα
Location
Mavrata
Coordinates	38°4′N 20°43′E / 38.067°N 20.717°E / 38.067; 20.717Coordinates: 38°4′N 20°43′E / 38.067°N 20.717°E / 38.067; 20.717
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Ionian Islands
Regional unit:	Kefalonia
Municipality:	Kefalonia
Municipal unit:	Eleios-Pronnoi
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Village
- Population:	159
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)

Mavrata (Greek: Μαυράτα) is a settlement in the island of Kefalonia, Greece and the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi. Its 2001 population was 159.

Nearest places

• Markopoulo, north
• Kato Kateleios, east
• Thiramonas, west

Population

Year	Population
1981	143
1991	109
2001	159

Location

Mavrata is located south of Sami, about 20 km (13 km direct) southwest of Poros and about 27 km east of Argostoli. Mavrata is connected with the road linking Argostoli and Skala.

Geography

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

History

Mavrata 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. Andriolata 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. Mavrata joined the municipality of Eleios-Pronnoi in the late-1990s after it was part of the old commune of Poros from 1913.

Economy

Its main economy is agriculture, its main production includes olives, cattle, fruits, vegetables and other crops, the village has about 50 to 100 farms in the area.

See also

• List of places in the Kefalonia prefecture

External links

• Mavrata at the GTP Travel Pages

References