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Gastouni (Greek: Γαστούνη) 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 km2. Gastouni is situated in a flat rural area, 5 km from the Ionian Sea. The river Pineios flows into the sea near Gastouni. The town is 6 km (4 mi) south of Andravida, 4 km (2 mi) east of Vartholomio, 11 km (7 mi) northwest of Amaliada and 26 km (16 mi) northwest of Pyrgos. The Greek National Road 9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos) and the railway from Patras to Pyrgos pass east of Gastouni. There is a 12th-century Byzantine church in the southwestern quarter Katholiki.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Gastouni is subdivided into the following communities:
Gastouni
Kardiakafti
Kavasila
Koroivos
Lefkochori
Palaiochori
Roupaki
Population history
People
Nikos Kachtitis, writer
The Sisinis family
Chrysanthos Sisinis
Georgios Sisinis, one of the famous Greek revolutionary leaders of the area
See also
List of settlements in Elis
References
External links
Gastouni.com (in Greek)