Gastouni

Template:Infobox Greek Dimos Gastouni (Template:Langx) is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The municipal unit has an area of 59.325 km².<ref name=stat01>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Gastouni is situated in a flat rural area, 5 km from the Ionian Sea. The river Pineios flows into the sea near Gastouni. The town is Template:Convert south of Andravida, Template:Convert east of Vartholomio, Template:Convert northwest of Amaliada and Template:Convert northwest of Pyrgos. The Greek National Road 9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos) and the railway from Patras to Pyrgos pass east of Gastouni. There is a 12th-century Byzantine church in the southwestern quarter Katholiki.<ref>Hellenic Ministry of Culture</ref>

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Gastouni is subdivided into the following communities:

• Gastouni
• Kardiakafti
• Kavasila
• Koroivos
• Lefkochori
• Palaiochori
• Roupaki

Population history

Year	Town population	Municipal unit population
1981	4,751	-
1991	5,883	9,350
2001	7,524	11,699
2011	7,485	11,254
2021	7,683	11,054

People

• Nikos Kachtitis, writer
• The Sisinis family
  • Chrysanthos Sisinis
  • Georgios Sisinis, one of the famous Greek revolutionary leaders of the area

See also

• List of settlements in Elis

External links

• Gastouni.com (in Greek)