Asopos

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|name = Asopos

|name_local = Ασωπός

|type = municipal unit

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|periph = Peloponnese

|periphunit = Laconia

|municipality = Monemvasia

|pop_municunit = 4164

|pop_community = 1214

|population_as_of = 2021

|area_municunit = 94.36

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|licence = AK

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Asopos ({{langx|el|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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} The municipal unit has an area of 94.360 km2.{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }} Population 4,164 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Papadianika.

History

{{Main|Asopus (Laconia)}}

References

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Category:Populated places in Laconia

Category:Monemvasia

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