Asopos

For rivers in Greece and Asia Minor, see Asopus. For city in Asia Minor also with this name, see Laodicea on the Lycus.

Asopos (Greek: Ασωπός; also Latinised as Asopus) is a village and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Monemvasia, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 94.360 km².^[3] Population 4,164 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Papadianika.

Asopos Ασωπός
Municipal unit
Asopos Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 36°44′N 22°52′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Laconia
Municipality	Monemvasia
Area
• Municipal unit	94.36 km2 (36.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	4,164
• Municipal unit density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
• Community	1,214
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	AK

History

Main article: Asopus (Laconia)