Evrotas ( el, Ευρώτας) is a municipality in the Laconia regional unit, Peloponnese,

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. It is named after the river

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. The seat of the municipality is the town

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. The municipality has an area of 811.734 km².

Municipality

The municipality Evrotas was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *

Elos Elos ( el, Έλος, before 1930: Δουραλί - ''Dourali'') is a village and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Evrotas, of which it is a municipal unit. ...

Geronthres Geronthres ( el, Γερόνθρες), named after ancient Geronthrae, is a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Evrotas, of which it is a municipal unit. The muni ...

Krokees Krokees ( el, Κροκεές, before 1927: Λεβέτσοβα - ''Levetsova'') is a village and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Evrotas, of which it is a m ...

Niata Niata ( el, Νιάτα) is a village and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Evrotas, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 206 ...

Elevation

Some areas in the south part of the municipality have a negative elevation reaching up to -3.3 meters below the sea level.

References

Municipalities of Peloponnese (region) Populated places in Laconia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub