Gortynia

Gortynia (Greek: Γορτυνία) is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Dimitsana.^[2] The municipality has an area of 1,050.882 km².^[3]

Gortynia Γορτυνία
Municipality
Gortynia Location within the region
Coordinates: 37°36′N 22°3′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Arcadia
Area
• Municipality	1,050.9 km2 (405.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	7,915
• Density	7.5/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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:^[2]

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

Province

The province of Gortynia (Greek: 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.^[4]

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.
4. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. (39 MB) (in Greek and French)