Pineios (municipality)

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.

Pineios Πηνειός
Municipality
Pineios Location within the region
Coordinates: 37°52′N 21°15′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Elis
Seat	Gastouni
Area
• Municipality	161.5 km2 (62.4 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	21,625
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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