Asopos (Greek: Ασωπός; also Latinised as Asopus) is a village and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Monemvasia, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 94.360 km2.[3] Population 3,840 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Papadianika.

Asopos
Ασωπός
Asopos is located in Greece
Asopos
Asopos
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 36°44′N 22°52′E / 36.733°N 22.867°E / 36.733; 22.867
CountryGreece
Administrative regionPeloponnese
Regional unitLaconia
MunicipalityMonemvasia
Area
 • Municipal unit94.36 km2 (36.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipal unit
3,840
 • Municipal unit density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Community
1,031
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationAK

History edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  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.