Kerameies

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Kerameies Κεραμειές
Prefecture:	Kefalonia
Province:	Kranioi
Municipality:	Leivathos (capital)
Number of municipal districts:	1
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	38.1575 (38°6'56") N 21.58 (21°33'26") E
Population: (2001) - Percent of the municipality	374 7.57%
Altitude: -lowest: -centre:	140 m (centre) near the settlement
Postal code:	360 71
Area/distance code:	11-(00)30-22350
Car designation:	`KE`

Kerameies (Greek: Κεραμειές, presently Κεραμιές), also Keramies is a community located in the southwest part of the island of Kefalonia. It is the seat of the municipality of Leivathos. In the village exists the head of the municipality and the largest school in the area, from kindergarten to high school.

1 Nearest places
2 Geography
3 Information
4 Population
5 Other
6 External links
7 See also

[edit] Nearest places

The nearest places are ordered clockwise

Travliatata, north
Peratata, north
Dorizata, east-northeast
Pessada, east
Spartia, southeast
Kourkoumelata, west-southwest
Metaxata, west

[edit] Geography

Kerameies are surrounded by farmlands that are mainly pastures, fruits, vegetables, groves and some others as well as some forests. The hills dominate the north. Kerameies is linked with a road linking Dorizata, Pessada and Metaxata, Keramies also links roads with Travliatata.

[edit] Information

The village is divided (localy by the residents) to the upper village (ανωχώρι) where the great shipowner family Lykiardopoulos (Λυκιαρδπουλος) lived and the downvillage (κατοχώρι) where another great shipowner family lived Vallianos (Βαλλιάνος). Vallianos family is considered as a great benefactor for Greece due to donations that have made for the country and particularly for the money that gave to build the National Library Of Greece in Athens (1888 - 1903) from the three brothers (Andreas, Panagis and Marinos). It is rumoured that this money where given in order to be forgiven by the queen for the clandestine import of gold from Russia to Greece. The village as well as almost the entire island (excluding the Fiskardo area) was strucked by the August 1953 Earthquake that shook and destroyed every building in the village and caused emigration to other parts of Greece and the world. Buildings were to be rebuilt years later up to near the late-1950s. The population recovered between the 1980s and the 2000s and generated tourism and hotels as its industry but agriculture is still one of the main industry in Kerameies as it was primary until the late-20th century.