Kavasila (, also Καβάσιλας) is a village in the municipal unit of

Gastouni Gastouni () 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. The municipal unit has an area of 59.325&nb ...

Elis Elis also known as Ellis or Ilia (, ''Eleia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it ...

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. Its population is around 1,200. It is situated in a flat rural area, on the right bank of the river Pineios, at about elevation. It is northwest of

Lefkochori Lefkochori () is a village in the municipal unit of Gastouni, Elis. It is situated in a flat rural area, on the left bank of the river Pineios, at about 10 m elevation. It is 1 km southeast of Kavasila, 2 km northwest of Koroivos, 3 ...

, east of

Kardiakafti Kardiakafti () is a village in the northwestern part of the municipal unit of Gastouni in Elis, Greece. It is situated in a flat rural area, on the right bank of the river Pineios. It is 2 km west of Kavasila, 2 km southeast of Dimitr ...

, south of

Andravida Andravida (, ) is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Elis (regional unit), Elis, in the northwest of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipal ...

and northeast of Gastouni. Kavasila had a train station on the line from

Patras Patras (; ; Katharevousa and ; ) is Greece's List of cities in Greece, third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaiko ...

Kalamata Kalamata ( ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece after Patras, and the largest city of the Peloponnese (region), homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regiona ...

via Pyrgos. A branch line to

Vartholomio Vartholomio () 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 a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 60.696 km2. T ...

and Kyllini was shut down around 2001. The

Greek National Road 9 Greek National Road 9 (, abbreviated as EO9) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the West Greece and Peloponnese regions. It runs along the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, from Patras to Methoni via Pyrgos. Its leng ...

(Patras - Pyrgos) passes east of the village.

Population history

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Gastouni Pineios (municipality) Populated places in Elis {{WGreece-geo-stub

Population history

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