Eleios-Pronnoi
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Eleios-Pronnoi is a former municipality on the island of Kefalonia
Kefalonia
The island of Cephalonia, also known as Kefalonia, Cephallenia, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia , is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece, with an area of . It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit...

, Ionian Islands
Ionian Islands Periphery
Ionian Islands is one of the thirteen regions of Greece. It comprises the historical region of the Ionian Islands, except for the island of Kythera which belongs to Attica.-Administration:...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kefalonia
Kefalonia
The island of Cephalonia, also known as Kefalonia, Cephallenia, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia , is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece, with an area of . It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 3,840 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Pastra
Pastra
Pastra is a village and a municipal district in the southeastern part of the island of Kefalonia. It was the seat of the municipality of Eleios-Pronnoi. The neighboring villages are Arginia to the north, and Kremmydi to the south. Distance is about 32 km ESE of Argostoli, SW of the port town of...

 (pop. 175). The municipal unit contains several mountain ranges, including the eastern part of Mount Ainos
Mount Ainos
Mount Aenos or Ainos is the tallest mountain in the Ioanian island of Cephallonia, Greece, with an elevation of ....

. Its largest towns are Póros
Poros, Kefalonia
Poros , is a picturesque small town located in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi, some 40 km SE of Argostoli, 28 km SE of Sami and 12 km NE of Skala, in the southeast of Cephalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of Greece.-Geography:...

 (pop. 971), Skála
Skala, Kefalonia
Skala is a picturesque village located in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi, some 39 km south from the island's main town of Argostoli and 14 km SW of Poros, in the south of Cephalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of Greece....

 (530), and Agía Eiríni (363).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Eleios-Pronnoi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
  • Agia Eirini
  • Agios Nikolaos
    Agios Nikolaos, Kefalonia
    Agios Nikolaos is a village in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi on the island Cephalonia, Greece. Its population is 181 people . Its elevation is 280 m...

  • Arginia
    Arginia
    Arginia is a small village in the island of Kefalonia, Greece. Its 2001 population was 39.-Nearest places:*Agios Georgios, east*Kolaitis, south*Atsoupades, southeast-Population:-Location:...

  • Chionata
    Chionata
    Chionata is a settlement in the island of Kefalonia, Greece. Its 2001 population was 53 for the village and 170 for the municipal district.-Population:-Location:...

     (Chionata, Kolaitis, Thiramonas)
  • Markopoulo (Markopoulo, Kateleios
    Kateleios
    Kateleios is a village in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi, some 35 km SE of Argostoli, 15 km S of Poros and 7 km SW of Skala, in the southeast of Kefalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of Greece....

    , Kato Kateleios)
  • Mavrata
    Mavrata
    Mavrata 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:-Location:...

  • Pastra
    Pastra
    Pastra is a village and a municipal district in the southeastern part of the island of Kefalonia. It was the seat of the municipality of Eleios-Pronnoi. The neighboring villages are Arginia to the north, and Kremmydi to the south. Distance is about 32 km ESE of Argostoli, SW of the port town of...

     (Pastra, Kremmydi)
  • Poros
    Poros, Kefalonia
    Poros , is a picturesque small town located in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi, some 40 km SE of Argostoli, 28 km SE of Sami and 12 km NE of Skala, in the southeast of Cephalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of Greece.-Geography:...

     (Poros, Asprogerakas, Kampitsata, Riza, Tzanata
    Tzanata
    Tzanata is a village in the Eleios-Pronnoi municipal unit in the southeast of Kefalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of Greece. It sits at the junction of the roads to Argostoli , Sami and Poros ....

    )
  • Skala
    Skala, Kefalonia
    Skala is a picturesque village located in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi, some 39 km south from the island's main town of Argostoli and 14 km SW of Poros, in the south of Cephalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of Greece....

     (Skala, Aleimmatas, Fanies, Ratzakli)
  • Valerianos
    Valerianos
    Valerianos is a settlement in the island of Kefalonia, Greece. Its 2001 population was 150 for the village, and 262 for the municipal district.-Nearest places:*Atsoupades, north...

     (Valerianos, Atsoupades, Plateies)
  • Xenopoulo
    Xenopoulo
    Xenopoulo is a small village in the island of Kefalonia, Greece. Its 2001 population was 92 for the village, and 214 for the municipal district.-Villages:The municipal district Xenopoulo consists of the following villages:*Xenopoulo, pop. 92...

     (Xenopoulo, Andriolata, Kapandriti)

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North: Sami
West: Leivathos
Leivathos
Leivathos is a former municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kefalonia, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies south of Argostoli, on the central south coast of the island, and has a land area of...

 
Eleios-Pronnoi East: Ionian Sea
Ionian Sea
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South: Ionian Sea
Ionian Sea
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