Evrotas (municipality) explained

Evrotas (el|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.^[1] The municipality has an area of 811.734 km².^[2]

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:^[1]

• Elos
• Geronthres
• Krokees
• Niata
• Skala

Elevation

Some areas in the south part of the municipality have a negative elevation reaching down to -3.3 meters below the sea level.^[3]

References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text. el. Government Gazette.
2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
3. Web site: Altitude.nu .