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The municipal unit Gastouni is subdivided into the following communities:
He was born in Gastouni in modern Elis and descended from a rich and historic family of the area. During the Ottoman rule, he was a chief of Gastouni. He had participated in the Filiki Eteria in 1819.
Chrysanthos Sisinis () (born 1857 in Gastouni) was a Greek Army general.
Palaiochori () is a village in the municipal unit of Gastouni, Elis, Greece. Palaiochori is situated in a flat rural area, 3 km from the Ionian Sea. It is 2 km west of Savalia, 4 km southeast of Gastouni, 3 km northwest of Roviata and 8 km northwest of Amaliada. The mouth of the river Pineios is near Palaiochori.
Kardiakafti () is a village in the northwestern part of the municipal unit of Gastouni in Elis, Greece. It is situated in a flat rural area, on the right bank of the river Pineios. It is 2 km west of Kavasila, 2 km southeast of Dimitra, 3 km northwest of Gastouni and 3 km northeast of Vartholomio.
Roupaki () is a community in the municipal unit of Gastouni, Elis, Greece. It is situated in a flat, rural area, south of the river Pineios. It is 2 km southeast of Agia Mavra, 2 km west of Sosti, 2 km east of Koroivos, 6 km east of Gastouni and 8 km northwest of Amaliada.
Alexis Gavrilopoulos (born 12 July 1981 in Gastouni, Greece) is a retired professional football player and the current manager of Asteras Amaliada F.C. in the 1st Elis Division.
Gastouni () is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 59.325 km. Gastouni is situated in a flat rural area, 5 km from the Ionian Sea. The river Pineios flows into the sea near Gastouni. The town is south of Andravida, east of Vartholomio, northwest of Amaliada and northwest of Pyrgos. The population of the town proper was 7,485 in 2011. The Greek National Road 9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos) and the railway from Patras to Pyrgos pass east of Gastouni. There is a 12th-century Byzantine church in the southwestern quarter Katholiki.
Lefkochori () is a village in the municipal unit of Gastouni, Elis. Its population was 546 at the 2011 census. It is situated in a flat rural area, on the left bank of the river Pineios, at about 10 m elevation. It is 1 km southeast of Kavasila, 2 km northwest of Koroivos, 3 km west of Agia Mavra and 3 km northeast of Gastouni. The Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos) and the railway from Patras to Pyrgos pass west of the village.
Koroivos (, before 1955: Κελεβή - "Kelevi") is a village in the municipal unit of Gastouni, Elis, Greece. It is situated in a flat rural area, south of the river Pineios. It is 2 km southeast of Lefkochori, 2 km west of Roupaki, 2 km southwest of Agia Mavra and 4 km east of Gastouni. The village was named after Coroebus of Elis, one of the winners of the first Ancient Olympic Games.
Pineios () is a municipality in the Elis regional unit, West Greece region, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Gastouni. The municipality has an area of 161.496 km. It was named after the river Pineios.
After the declaration of the Greek Revolution in Gastouni, on 29 March 1821 Andravidiotis came under the command of Georgios Sisinis and was appointed head of the armed forces of Elis, while he forced the local Ottoman forces to take refuge in the castle of Chlemoutsi. Then, he participated with other chieftains and notables to the revolutionary congress of Pyrgos where the action against the Albanians of Lala was decided. During the revolution, he took part in several battles including the Battle of Lala, the battle in Pousi, in Andravida, in Gastouni, in Patras, in Santameri and in Portes. In 1825 he became chiliarch.
Georgios Avgerinos appeared in 1778 as a secretary of the Turkish cattlers in Lalas and in Gastouni. He won the land over the Turks and sold his cattle in Zakynthos. He defended several privileges for the area of Pyrgos and a small stadium that evolved with the main usage of the draining works of the fields of Gastouni. He defended that he elevation in one of the notable powerful people of Pyrgos where he devoted a large part of his estate for the revolutionary period. In 1807, he welcomed Theodoros Kolokotronis and visited Zante.
Kavasila (, also Καβάσιλας) is a village in the municipal unit of Gastouni, Elis, Greece. Its population is around 1500. It is situated in a flat rural area, on the right bank of the river Pineios, at about 20 m elevation. It is 1 km northwest of Lefkochori, 2 km east of Kardiakafti, 3 km south of Andravida and 3 km northeast of Gastouni. Kavasila had a train station on the line from Patras to Kalamata via Pyrgos. A branch line to Vartholomio and Kyllini was shut down around 2001. The Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos) passes east of the village.
The Ottoman Empire ruled most of Greece until the Greek War of Independence of 1821. The Venetian Republic controlled a few coastal towns in the 1490s, early 16th century and from 1686 until 1715. Battlegrounds of the Greek War of Independence in Elis include Chlemoutsi, Gastouni, Lala, Lampeia, Pyrgos and Andritsaina.
The town was at the junction of two railway lines, one from Kavasila to Kyllini, and the branch Vartholomio–Loutra Kyllinis railway line. Both railways have been dismantled. Vartholomio is 1 km northwest of Kalyvia Myrtountion, 4 km west of Gastouni, 3 km southwest of Dimitra, 10 km southeast of Kyllini and 30 km northwest of Pyrgos.
Agia Mavra () is a village in the municipal unit of Tragano, Elis, Greece. It is situated in a flat, rural area, on the left bank of the river Pineios. It is 3km South of Tragano, 4km East of Kavasila, 2km Northwest of Roupaki, 2km Northeast of Koroivos, and 6km Northeast of Gastouni.
He was born in Gastouni and was the son of Georgios Sisinis. He fought at the battles of Patras, Athens, Messolongi and several other battles. He was jailed together with his father in the civil period as an adherent of Kolokotronis. After his release, he entered politics and was elected many times as a representative for Elis. He died in 1845.
Kalyvia Ilidos () is a village in the northern part of the municipal unit of Amaliada, Elis, Greece. It is located near the left bank of the river Pineios, 1 km northeast of Avgeio, 1 km west of Archaia Ilida (ancient Elis), 10 km north of Amaliada and 11 km northeast of Gastouni.
Andravida is located in the plains of northwestern Elis, at about 7 km from the Ionian Sea coast. It is 3 km south of Lechaina, 6 km north of Gastouni, 30 km northwest of Pyrgos and 55 km southwest of Patras.