Cephalonia Prefecture

Kefalonia (Greek Kefalonia Κεφαλληνία ) was until 2010 one of the four prefectures ( Nomi νομοί ) the Greek Administrative Region of Ionian Islands. With the administrative reform of 2010, the prefecture was dissolved and transferred its powers to the Ionian Islands and the newly allocated communities. Since then, the region consists of the two municipalities of Kefalonia and Ithaka, that also doubles as regional districts ( Ez gr Periferiaki enotita ) be taken, but these have apart from seat allocations at regional elections no political significance.

The area of the prefecture was created largely from the 1797 founded under Napoleonic rule Territory Ithaque and came as Kefalonia Prefecture with the Republic of the Ionian Islands to Greece in 1864. Ithaca made ​​at that time along with Agia Mavra ( Lefkada) own Prefecture, in 1866 the Kefalonia Prefecture connected, but later managed again from 1899 to 1909 and from 1946 to 1953 with Lefkada together. Since 1953, the Prefecture of Kefalonia and Ithaca again consisted of.

At that time it consisted of 172 villages in the three provinces Krani, Paliki and Sami as well as the right of the prefecture imputed Ithaca community. With the local government reform in 1997, the three urban and 76 rural communities have been grouped into nine municipalities: the boroughs of Argostoli, Elios Pronni, Erisos, Ithaca, Livathos, Lixouri ( " Paliki " ), Pylaros and Sami and the rural community Omala.