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Gortynia Γορτυνία
Municipality
GortyniaLocation within the region
Coordinates: 37°36′N 22°3′E / 37.600°N 22.050°E / 37.600; 22.050
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Arcadia
Area
• Municipality	1,050.9 km (405.8 sq mi)
Population
• Municipality	7,915
• Density	7.5/km (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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

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:

• 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.

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)

v t e Administrative division of the Peloponnese Region
Area 15,490 km (5,980 sq mi) Population 577,903 (as of 2011) Municipalities 26 (since 2011) Capital Tripoli
Regional unit of Arcadia	Gortynia Megalopoli North Kynouria South Kynouria Tripoli
Regional unit of Argolis	Argos-Mykines Epidaurus Ermionida Nafplio
Regional unit of Corinthia	Corinth Loutraki-Perachora-Agioi Theodoroi Nemea Sikyona Velo-Vocha Xylokastro-Evrostina
Regional unit of Laconia	East Mani Elafonisos Evrotas Monemvasia Sparta
Regional unit of Messenia	Kalamata Messini Oichalia Pylos-Nestor Trifylia West Mani
Regional governor Panagiotis Nikas [el] (elected 2019) Decentralized Administration Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian

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