Evrotas (municipality)

Evrotas (Greek: Ευρώτας) is a municipality in the Laconia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. It is named after the river Eurotas. The seat of the municipality is the town Skala.[2] The municipality has an area of 811.734 km².[3]

Evrotas Ευρώτας
Evrotas Location within the region
Coordinates: 36°51′N 22°40′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Laconia
Area
• Municipality	811.7 km^2 (313.4 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Municipality	17,891
• Municipality density	22/km^2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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:[2]

• Elos
• Geronthres
• Krokees
• Niata
• Skala

Altitude

Some areas in the south part of the municipality have a negative altitude reaching up to -3.3 meters below the sea level. [4]

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.