North Kynouria or Vóreia Kynouría (Βόρεια Κυνουρία) is a municipality

Communities and Municipalities of Greece

For the new municipalities of Greece see the Kallikratis ProgrammeThe municipalities and communities of Greece are one of several levels of government within the organizational structure of that country. Thirteen regions called peripheries form the largest unit of government beneath the State. ...

 in Arcadia

Arcadia

Arcadia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas. In Greek mythology, it was the home of the god Pan...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. It is located in the eastern part of the peripheral unit, between the northwestern shores of the Argolic Gulf

Argolic Gulf

The Argolic Gulf is a small gulf off the east coast of the Peloponnese, Greece, opening into the Aegean Sea. Its main island is Spetses. This gulf and its islands are sometimes combined with the Saronic Gulf and Saronic Islands, with the result called the Argo-Saronic Gulf and the Argo-Saronic...

 and northern Laconia

Laconia

Laconia , also known as Lacedaemonia, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparti...

. Its land area is 576.981 km². Its population is 12,825 (2001 census). The seat of the municipality is in Astros

Astros, Greece

Astros is a town near the Argolic Gulf in the northeast Peloponnese in eastern Arcadia. The name and the settlement both date back to ancient times, when it was known as Astron. Astros is the seat of North Kynouria municipality , which is the largest in Arcadia and has the greatest number of...

 (pop. 2,359). Its largest other towns or villages are Ágios Andréas (pop. 1,063), Ágios Pétros

Agios Petros, Arcadia

Agios Petros , is a small village in the municipality of North Kynouria in southern Arcadia, Greece. Its 2001 population was 949 for the village and 1,044 for the community...

 (949), Parálio Ástros (874), Kato Doliana

Kato Doliana

Doliana is a municipal district of the municipality North Kynouria, in eastern Arcadia, Greece. It consists of the villages Ano Doliana, Dragouni, Kato Doliana, Kouvlis, Prosilia and Rounaiika. The population of the district is 1097 . The largest village of the district is Kato Doliana with 867...

 (780), Cheimeriní Meligoú (771), Korakovoúni (710), Kastrí (626), and Prastós (548).

Subdivisions

The municipality is divided into 26 communities:

• Agia Sofia
• Agios Andreas (Agios Andreas, Arkadiko Chorio, Paralia Agiou Andreou)
• Agios Georgios (Aetochori, Vathia, Melissi)
• Agios Petros
  Agios Petros, Arcadia
  Agios Petros , is a small village in the municipality of North Kynouria in southern Arcadia, Greece. Its 2001 population was 949 for the village and 1,044 for the community...
  
   (Agios Petros, Moni Malevis, Xirokampi)
• Astros
  Astros, Greece
  Astros is a town near the Argolic Gulf in the northeast Peloponnese in eastern Arcadia. The name and the settlement both date back to ancient times, when it was known as Astron. Astros is the seat of North Kynouria municipality , which is the largest in Arcadia and has the greatest number of...
  
   (Astros, Agios Ioannis, Agios Stefanos, Varvogli, Iera Moni Loukous, Chantakia)
• Charadros (Charadros, Agioi Asomatoi)
• Doliana (Ano Doliana, Dragouni, Kato Doliana, Kouvlis, Prosilia, Rounaiika)
• Elatos
  Elatos, Arcadia
  Elatos is a village built at 840 m in the municipality of North Kynouria, Arcadia, Greece. As of 2001, it had a population of 80 for the village and the municipal district and sits at 720 m above sea level...
  
  
• Karatoulas Kynourias
• Kastanitsa
  Kastanitsa
  Kastanitsa is a village in Arcadia in Greece, on the southern slope of Mount Parnon. It is noted for its production of chestnuts, from which it takes its name, and for formerly being a majority Tsakonian-speaking settlement.-History:...
  
  
• Korakovouni (Korakovouni, Neochori, Oreino Korakovouni)
• Koutroufa
• Meligou (Oreini Meligou, Agia Anastasia, Portes, Cheimerini Meligou)
• Mesorrachi
• Nea Chora
• Oria
• Paralio Astros
  Paralio Astros
  Paralio Astros is a port serving the inland town of Astros, Greece.Paralio Astros possesses beaches and a harbour which can accommodate small ships. A medieval Frankish fortress commands the heights of a peninsula called "The Island" which juts out to form the harbour...
  
  
• Perdikovrysi
• Platana
• Platanos
• Prastos
  Prastos
  Prastos is a settlement in Arcadia prefecture in Greece. Formerly, Prastos was the premier town of the Tsakonian region, but declined in importance after its devastation by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt during the Greek War of Independence and a general economic migration to urban areas that occurred in...
  
   (Prastos, Agios Panteleimon, Moni Eortakoustis)
• Sitaina
• Stolos (Stolos, Fountoma)
• Vervena (Vervena, Kato Vervena)
• Xiropigado (Xiropigado, Metamorfosi, Plaka)