Kontovazaina ( el, Κοντοβάζαινα) is a village and a former municipality in
Arcadia
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* Arcadia (region), a region in the central Peloponnese
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,
Peloponnese
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,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Gortynia
Gortynia ( el, Γορτυνία) is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Dimitsana. The municipality has an area of 1,050.882 km2.
Municipality
The municipality Gortynia w ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 137.496 km
2.
In 2011 its population was 386 for the village and 1,171 for the municipal unit.
Achaea
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borders the municipal unit to the north and
Elis
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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)
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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
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(Monastiraki, Arsinaia, Peleki)
* Paralongoi (Paralongoi, Agios Nikolaos, Petas)
* Vachlia (Vachlia, Pera Vachlia)
* Velimachi (Velimachi, Aposkia, Soudeli)
* Vidiaki
* Voutsis
Population
See also
*List of settlements in Arcadia
This is a list of settlements in Arcadia, Greece.
* Aetorrachi
* Agia Sofia
* Agia Varvara
* Agiorgitika
* Agios Andreas
* Agios Georgios
* Agios Ioannis
* Agios Konstantinos
* Agios Petros
* Agios Vasileios, Leonidio
* Agios Vasileio ...
*List of traditional settlements of Greece
Traditional settlements in Greece are considered those settlements that have retained their unchanged image of the past, as well as their local character. The traditional settlements designated by law in Greece exceed 800. Around 830 traditional ...
References
External links
www.kontovazena.gov.grKontovazaina at the GTP Travel Pages
Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese
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