Kontovazaina (Greek: Κοντοβάζαινα) is a village and 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.[2] In 2001 its population was 500 for the village and 2,048 for the municipal unit. Achaea borders the municipal unit to the north and Elis to the west. It is situated in mountainous northwestern Arcadia, between the rivers Erymanthos and Ladon. The Ladon reservoir is in easternmost part of the municipal unit, and the mountain Afrodisio (1,447 m elevation)[3] is in the north. The village Kontovazaina is situated in a valley, 3 km north of the Ladon.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Kontovazaina is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
- Dimitra (Dimitra, Stavri)
- Kardaritsi
- Kontovazaina
- Monastiraki (Monastiraki, Arsinaia, Peleki)
- Paralongoi (Paralongoi, Agios Nikolaos, Petas)
- Vachlia (Vachlia, Pera Vachlia)
- Velimachi (Velimachi, Aposkia, Soudeli)
- Vidiaki
- Voutsis
Population
| Year | Population village | Population municipal unit |
| 1991 | 622 | - |
| 2001 | 500 | 2,048 |
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