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Administrative Region : Ionian Islands
Regional unit : Kefalonia
Metaxata (Greek: Μεταξάτα) is a village in the southern part of the island of Kefalonia, Greece. It has a population of 493. It is part of the municipal unit of Leivathos.
It is situated in low hills, near the Ionian Sea coast. It is 2 km west of Kerameies, 2 km northeast of Svoronata, 2 km southwest of Peratata and 8 km southeast of Argostoli.
History
Metaxata was founded by the Byzantine Markantonios Metaxas who settled in an area then known as Frantzata (Φρατζάτα) after the fall of Constantinople in 1453.[CN] The village is the home town of the revolutionists Andreas and Konstantinos Metaxas who had the power of Kefalonia and participated in the Greek War of Independence in the Peloponnese in the 1820s.[CN] In 1823, Lord Byron lived in Metaxata for four months and wrote some poems about the area and its beauties.[CN] Today in the central square, there is a statue in remembrance of Lord Byron and right next to it, the traveller can see the site of the house where the great poet lived. The house has a plaque stating that it is built on the site of the house that Byron lived in. Metaxata was severely damaged by the 1953 Ionian earthquake.
Population
Year Population
1981 367
1991 357
2001 493
| Municipal unit Leivathos |
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| Community Vlachata Eikosimias |
| Vlachata (Βλαχάτα τα) |
| Simotata (Σιμωτάτα τα) |
| Community Karavados |
| Karavados (Καραβάδος ο) |
| Community Kerameies |
| Kerameies (Κεραμειαί αι) |
| Community Lakithra |
| Lakithra (Λακήθρα η) |
| Menegata (Μενεγάτα τα) |
| Community Lourdata |
| Lourdata (Λουρδάτα τα) |
| Community Metaxata |
| Metaxata (Μεταξάτα τα) |
| Community Mousata |
| Mousata (Μουσάτα τα) |
| Community Peratata |
| Kastro (Κάστρον το) |
| Moni Agiou Andreou (Μονή Αγίου Ανδρέου η) |
| Peratata (Περατάτα τα) |
| Community Pesada |
| Dorizata (Δοριζάτα τα) |
| Kountourata (Κουντουράτα τα) |
| Pesada (Πεσάδα η) |
| Community Svoronata |
| Svoronata (Σβορωνάτα τα) |
| Community Spartia |
| Kleismata (Κλείσματα τα) |
| Korianna (Κοριάννα τα) |
| Spartia (Σπαρτιά τα) |
| Ancient Greece
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