Kleitor Explained

Kleitor
Name Local:	Κλείτωρ
Type:	municipal unit
Periph:	Peloponnese
Periphunit:	Arcadia
Pop Municunit:	920
Population As Of:	2021
Area Municunit:	150.6
Coordinates:	37.75°N 27°W
Licence:	TP

Kleitor or Cleitor (Greek: Κλείτωρ) is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit.^[1] The municipal unit has an area of 150.582 km².^[2] The seat of the municipality was in Mygdalia.

History

See main article: Cleitor.

See also: Clitorians. Cleitor was a historic and powerful city-state in ancient Greece.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Kleitor is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Agridi
• Drakovouni
• Kerpini (Kerpini, Ano Kalyvia, Kato Kalyvia)
• Mygdalia (Mygdalia, Palaiopyrgos)
• Pournaria (Pournaria, Mouria)
• Prasino (Prasino, Kalyvia Karnesi)
• Theoktisto
• Valtesiniko (Valtesiniko, Kourouveli, Olomades)
• Xirokarotaina

Population

Year	Population
1991	2,761
2001	2,584
2011	1,406
2021	920

External links

• Clitor . VI . 8 . 1.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .