Erymanthos (municipality)

Erymanthos Ερύμανθος
Erymanthos municipality
Erymanthos
Location within the region
Coordinates: 38°6′N 21°47′E / 38.100°N 21.783°E / 38.100; 21.783Coordinates: 38°6′N 21°47′E / 38.100°N 21.783°E / 38.100; 21.783
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Achaea
Area
• Municipality	582.9 km2 (225.1 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	8,877
• Municipality density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Erymanthos (Greek: Ερύμανθος) is a municipality in the Achaea regional unit, West Greece region, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Chalandritsa.^[2] It was named after Mount Erymanthos.

Municipality

The municipality Erymanthos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

• Farres
• Kalentzi
• Leontio
• Tritaia

References

1. ↑ "Detailed census results 2011" (in Greek). 
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)

Administrative division of the Western Greece Region Area 11,350 km2 (4,380 sq mi) Population 679,796 (as of 2011) Municipalities 19 (since 2011) Capital Patras Regional unit of Achaea Aigialeia Erymanthos Kalavryta Patras West Achaea Regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania Agrinio Aktio-Vonitsa Amfilochia Missolonghi Nafpaktia Thermo Xiromero Regional unit of Elis Ancient Olympia Andravida-Kyllini Andritsaina-Krestena Ilida Pineios Pyrgos Zacharo Regional governor Apostolos Katsifaras (reelected 2014) Decentralized Administration Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian