Sami () is a town and a municipality on the island of

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. Since the 2019 local government reform it is one of the three municipalities on the island. It is located on the central east coast of the island. The municipality has an area of 291.2 km² and the municipal unit (the pre-2010 municipality) has an area of 129.326 km². The 2021 census recorded a population of 2,478 in the municipal unit, and 5,501 in the municipality in its post-2019 extension. Its municipal seat is the town of Sami West of town is the Melissani Cave, a major tourist attraction; boat tours are offered.

Administration

Following the

Kapodistrias reform Kapodistrias reform (, "Kapodistrias Plan") is the common name of law 2539 of Greece, which reorganised the country's administrative divisions. The law, named after 19th-century Greek statesman (Ioannis Kapodistrias), passed the Hellenic Parliamen ...

of 1997, the community of Sami was united with the surrounding communities Grizata, Karavomylos, Poulata, Pyrgi and Chaliotata to form the larger municipality of Sami. As a result of the 2010

Kallikratis Programme The Kallikratis Programme () is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010 of 2010, a major administrative reform in Greece. It brought about the second major reform of the country's administrative divisions following the 1997 Kapodistrias reform. ...

, this municipality became a municipal unit of the municipality of Kefalonia, which covered the whole island. In 2019 three new municipalities were formed on the island, including Sami. The municipality of Sami consists of the following municipal units (former municipalities): * Erisos * Pylaros * Sami The municipal unit of Sami is subdivided into the following communities: * Chaliotata * Grizata * Karavomylos * Poulata *Pyrgi ( Digaleto) *Sami

Province

Sami Province () was one of the

provinces A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''provi ...

Cephalonia Prefecture The Cephalonia Prefecture () was a Prefectures of Greece, prefecture in Greece, containing the Ionian islands of Cephalonia and Ithaca (island), Ithaca. In 2011 the prefectural self-government was abolished and the territory is now covered by the r ...

. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Sami. It was abolished in 2006.

References

External links

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Official website
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