Agios Nikolaos (Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος) is a village in the municipal unit of
Eleios-Pronnoi
Eleios-Pronnoi () is a former municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argostoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal ...
on the island
Cephalonia
Kefalonia or Cephalonia (), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallonia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th-largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It is also a separate regio ...
,
Greece
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. It is situated in an inland valley, at 280 m elevation. It is 3 km southeast of
Digaleto, 4 km north of
Xenopoulo, 6 km northwest of
Poros and 20 km east of
Argostoli
Argostoli (, Katharevousa: ) is a town and a municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is one of the three municipalities on the island. It has been the capi ...
. The road from Poros to
Sami
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passes through the village. Agios Nikolaos suffered great damage from the
1953 Ionian earthquake. The village has an elementary school and a church dedicated to
Saint Gerasimos.
Population
See also
*
List of settlements in Cephalonia
References
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Eleios-Pronnoi
Populated places in Cephalonia