Gortynia

Gortynia (Greek: Γορτυνία) is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Dimitsana.^[2] The municipality has an area of 1,050.882 km².^[3] Its name is derived from the ancient city of Gortys.^[4]

Gortynia Γορτυνία
Municipality
Gortynia Location within the region
Coordinates: 37°36′N 22°3′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Arcadia
Seat	Dimitsana
Area
• Municipality	1,050.9 km2 (405.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	7,915
• Density	7.5/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Municipality

The municipality Gortynia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 8 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

• Dimitsana
• Iraia
• Kleitor
• Kontovazaina
• Langadia
• Trikolonoi
• Tropaia
• Vytina

Province

The province of Gortynia (Greek: Επαρχία Γορτυνίας) was one of the four provinces of Arcadia Prefecture. It was abolished in 2006. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Gortynia and the municipal unit Gortyna.^[5]