Gortynia Explained

Gortynia
Name Local:	Γορτυνία
Type:	municipality
Periph:	Peloponnese
Periphunit:	Arcadia
Pop Municipality:	7915
Area Municipality:	1050.9
Population As Of:	2021
Coordinates:	37.6°N 25°W

Gortynia (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γορτυνία) is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Dimitsana.^[1] The municipality has an area of 1,050.882 km².^[2]

Municipality

The municipality Gortynia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 8 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[1]

• Dimitsana
• Iraia
• Kleitor
• Kontovazaina
• Langadia
• Trikolonoi
• Tropaia
• Vytina

Province

The province of Gortynia (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Επαρχία Γορτυνίας) was one of the four provinces of Arcadia Prefecture. It was abolished in 2006. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Gortynia and the municipal unit Gortyna.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text. el. Government Gazette.
2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
3. Web site: Detailed census results 1991 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183824/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf . 2016-03-03 .