Elos

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{{Infobox Greek Dimos

|name = Elos

|name_local = Έλος

|type = municipal unit

|image_map = DE Elous.svg

|map_caption = Location within the regional unit

|periph = Peloponnese

|periphunit = Laconia

|municipality = Evrotas

|pop_municunit = 5240

|population_as_of = 2021

|pop_community = 643

|area_municunit = 117.6

|elevation = 15

|coordinates = {{coord|36|50|N|22|42|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code = 230 55

|area_code = 27350

|licence = ΑΚ

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Elos ({{langx|el|Έλος}}, before 1930: Δουραλί - Dourali[http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/172452 Name changes of settlements in Greece]) is a village and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Evrotas, 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 117.577 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 }} It had its own primary school until 2012. The seat of the municipality of Evrotas is in Skala. The inhabitants work as farmers producing oranges and olive oil. The municipal unit has a coastline on the Laconian Gulf. The river Evrotas is west of Elos. The name dates back to ancient times. It is located west of Monemvasia, east of Gytheio and southeast of Sparta.