Pineios () is a municipality in the
Elis regional unit,
West Greece
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region,
Greece
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. The seat of the municipality is the town
Gastouni.
The municipality has an area of 161.496 km
2.
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:
[
* Gastouni
* Tragano
* Vartholomio
]
References
Municipalities of Western Greece
Populated places in Elis
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