| Xenopoulo Ξενόπουλο |
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Xenopoulo
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | Ionian Islands |
| Regional unit: | Kefalonia |
| Municipality: | Kefalonia |
| Municipal unit: | Eleios-Pronnoi |
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| - Population: | 214 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
Xenopoulo (Greek: Ξενόπουλο) is a small village in the island of Kefalonia, Greece. Its population in 2001 was 92 for the village, and 214 for the municipal district.
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The municipal district Xenopoulo consists of the following villages:
| Year | Population village | Population municipal district |
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| 1981 | 263 | - |
| 1991 | 70 | - |
| 2001 | 92 | 214 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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