Agios Nikolaos (Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος) is a village in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi on the island Cephalonia, Greece. Its population is 181 people (2001 census). Its elevation is 280 m. The boundary with the municipality Sami is to the northwest.
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| Year | Population |
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| 1991 | 171 |
| 2001 | 181 |
Agios Nikolaos is 12 km WNW of Poros east of Argostoli and Lixouri.
The village has about 67 km of paved road, about 8 to 10 km of gravel road and has about 8 km of hydro and phone lines.
Much of the area are mountainous and are grassy and has a few pines, farmlands are around the village.
The village was destroyed in the 1953 Ionian earthquake and emigration occurred at a higher rate until the 1970s, the village recovered a small part of the population between 1991 and 2001. Agios Nikolaos became connected with asphalt in the 1980s. 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. In the mid to late 1990s, the ex-community (now a village and a municipal district) joined to become the newly formed municipality of Eleios-Pronnoi.
There is an elementary school, a church named Saint Nicholas and a big square. The nearest high school is in Poros.
Its economy is based mainly on agricultural products.
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