Kontovazaina

Municipal unit in Greece

Kontovazaina Κοντοβάζαινα
Municipal unit
37°48′N 21°54′E / 37.800°N 21.900°E / 37.800; 21.900
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Arcadia
Municipality	Gortynia
Area
• Municipal unit	137.5 km² (53.1 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	991
• Municipal unit density	7.2/km² (19/sq mi)
• Community	322
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	TP

Kontovazaina (Greek: Κοντοβάζαινα) 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.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 137.496 km².^[3] Achaea borders the municipal unit to the north and Elis to the west. It is situated in mountainous northwestern Arcadia, between the rivers Erymanthos and Ladon. The Ladon reservoir is in easternmost part of the municipal unit, and the mountain Afrodisio (1,447 m elevation)^[4] is in the north. The village Kontovazaina is situated in a valley, 3 km north of the Ladon. It is considered a traditional settlement.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Kontovazaina is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

Dimitra (Dimitra, Stavri)
Kardaritsi
Kontovazaina
Monastiraki (Monastiraki, Arsinaia, Peleki)
Paralongoi (Paralongoi, Agios Nikolaos, Petas)
Vachlia (Vachlia, Pera Vachlia)
Velimachi (Velimachi, Aposkia, Soudeli)
Vidiaki
Voutsis

Population

Year	Population village	Population municipal unit
1991	622	-
2001	500	2,048
2011	386	1,171
2021	322	991

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
^ Orivatein.com Archived July 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine