Cephalonia Prefecture

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Cephalonia Prefecture Nomόs Κefallenίas (Νομός Κεφαλληνίας)
Former prefecture
Location of Cephalonia Prefecture in Greece
Location of municipalities within Cephalonia Prefecture 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	47/km² (120/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 regional 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.

External links

Official website

Prefectures of Greece

By name

By year established

1800s	1833 Achaea and Elis Aetolia-Acarnania Arcadia Argolis and Corinthia Attica and Boeotia Cyclades Euboea Laconia Messenia Phocis and Locris 1845 Phthiotis and Phocis 1864 Corfu Kefallinia Lefkada Zakynthos 1882 Arta Larissa Trikala 1899 Achaea Argolis Attica^c Boeotia Corinthia Elis Evrytania Karditsa Lacedaemon Lakoniki Magnesia Phocis Phthiotis Trifylia

1900s	1912 Chania Heraklion Lasithi Rethymno Sfakia 1914 Thessaloniki 1915 Argyrokastron^b Chalkidiki Chios Drama^d Florina Ioannina Kavala^d Korytsa^b Kozani Lesbos Preveza Samos Serres 1920 Adrianople^a Evros^d Kallipolis^a Rhaedestos^a Rhodope^d Saranta Ekklisies^a 1930–1944 Pella Kilkis Thesprotia Kastoria Xanthi^d 1947 Dodecanese Imathia Pieria 1964 Grevena Piraeus

^a In Eastern Thrace or ^b Northern Epirus, outside present-day Greece.
^c From 1971, Attica consisted of four prefecture-level units: Athens, East Attica, Piraeus and West Attica. From 1994, Athens and Piraeus were grouped into a single super-prefecture.
^d From 1994, Drama / Kavala / Xanthi and Evros / Rhodope prefectures were grouped into super-prefectures.

Coordinates: 38°15′N 20°30′E / 38.25°N 20.5°E / 38.25; 20.5

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