Gortynia () is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit,

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. The seat of the municipality is the town

Dimitsana Dimitsana () is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit ...

. The municipality has an area of 1,050.882 km².

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: *

Iraia Iraia () is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it became a municipal unit of the municipality of Gortynia. The municipal unit has an area of 144.002 km2. Its population is 960, accord ...

Kleitor Kleitor or Cleitor (Greek: Κλείτωρ) is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area ...

Kontovazaina Kontovazaina () is a village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 137.496&nbs ...

* Langadia *

Trikolonoi Trikolonoi () is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 102.031 km2. The munic ...

Tropaia Tropaia () is a village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Gortynia Gortynia () is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. ...

Vytina Vytina (, ''Vytína'') is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, Greece. It is considered a List of traditional settlements of Greece, traditional settlement. Since t ...

Province

The

province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

of Gortynia () 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 Gortyna (; also known as Gortyn (Γορτύν)) was a town of ancient Crete which appears in the Homeric poems under the form of Γορτύν; but afterwards became usually Gortyna (Γόρτυνα). According to Stephanus of Byzantium it was or ...

References

Municipalities of Peloponnese (region) Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese Provinces of Greece {{Peloponnese-geo-stub