North Kynouria

North Kynouria Βόρεια Κυνουρία
Settlement
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Arcadia
Districts	26
Elevation	55 m (180 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	22001

North Kynouria or Vóreia Kynouría (Greek: Βόρεια Κυνουρία) is a municipality in Arcadia, Greece. It is located in the eastern part of the regional unit, between the northwestern shores of the Argolic Gulf and northern Laconia. Its land area is 576.981 km². Its population is 10,341 (2011 census). The seat of the municipality is in Astros (pop. 2,408). Its largest other towns or villages are Ágios Andréas (pop. 1,065), Paralio Astros (1,043), Doliana (846), Ágios Pétros (717), Meligoú (684), Korakovoúni (659), Prastós (336) and Kastrí (335).

Subdivisions

The municipality is divided into 26 communities:

• Agia Sofia
• Agios Andreas (Agios Andreas, Arkadiko Chorio, Paralia Agiou Andreou)
• Agios Georgios (Aetochori, Vathia, Melissi)
• Agios Petros (Agios Petros, Moni Malevis, Xirokampi)
• Astros (Astros, Agios Ioannis, Agios Stefanos, Varvogli, Iera Moni Loukous, Chantakia)
• Charadros (Charadros, Agioi Asomatoi)
• Doliana (Ano Doliana, Dragouni, Kato Doliana, Kouvlis, Prosilia, Rounaiika)
• Elatos
• Karatoulas Kynourias
• Kastanitsa
• Kastri
• Korakovouni (Korakovouni, Neochori, Oreino Korakovouni)
• Koutroufa
• Meligou (Oreini Meligou, Agia Anastasia, Portes, Cheimerini Meligou)
• Mesorrachi
• Nea Chora
• Oria
• Paralio Astros
• Perdikovrysi
• Platana
• Platanos
• Prastos (Prastos, Agios Panteleimon, Moni Eortakoustis)
• Sitaina
• Stolos (Stolos, Fountoma)
• Vervena (Vervena, Kato Vervena)
• Xiropigado (Xiropigado, Metamorfosi, Plaka)

External links

• North Kynouria from the University of Patras