Kleitor

Kleitor or Cleitor (Greek: Κλείτωρ) is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 150.582 km².[3] Its population was 1,406 in 2011. The seat of the municipality was in Mygdalia.

For the ancient town of Arcadia, see Cleitor. For the village in Achaea, see Kleitor, Achaea.

Kleitor Κλείτωρ
Kleitor Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 37°45′N 22°05′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Arcadia
Municipality	Gortynia
• Municipal unit	150.6 km^2 (58.1 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Municipal unit	1,406
• Municipal unit density	9.3/km^2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	TP

History

Main article: Cleitor

See also: Clitorians

Cleitor was a historic and powerful city-state in ancient Greece.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Kleitor is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Agridi
• Drakovouni
• Kerpini (Kerpini, Ano Kalyvia, Kato Kalyvia)
• Mygdalia (Mygdalia, Palaiopyrgos)
• Pournaria (Pournaria, Mouria)
• Prasino (Prasino, Kalyvia Karnesi)
• Theoktisto
• Valtesiniko (Valtesiniko, Kourouveli, Olomades)
• Xirokarotaina

Population

Year	Population
1991	2,761
2001	2,584
2011	1,406

External links

• Kleitoras at the GTP Travel Pages

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.