Pineios (municipality)

Pineios Πηνειός
Pinios municipality
Pineios
Location within the region
Coordinates: 37°52′N 21°15′E / 37.867°N 21.250°E / 37.867; 21.250Coordinates: 37°52′N 21°15′E / 37.867°N 21.250°E / 37.867; 21.250
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Elis
Area
• Municipality	162.9 km2 (62.9 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	21,034
• Municipality density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Pineios (Greek: Πηνειός) is a municipality in the Elis regional unit, West Greece region, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Gastouni.^[2] It was named after the river Pineios.

Municipality

The municipality Pineios was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

• Gastouni
• Tragano
• Vartholomio

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