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	161.5 km2 (62.4 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	21,034
• Municipality density	130/km2 (340/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] The municipality has an area of 161.496 km².^[3] 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. ↑ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 
2. 1 2 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
3. ↑ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. 

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