Gastouni

Gastouni (Γαστούνη) 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 km2. 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 6 km south of Andravida, 4 km east of Vartholomio, 11 km northwest of Amaliada and 26 km northwest of Pyrgos. 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.

Subdivisions
The municipal unit Gastouni is subdivided into the following communities:
 * Gastouni
 * Kardiakafti
 * Kavasila
 * Koroivos
 * Lefkochori
 * Palaiochori
 * Roupaki

People

 * Nikos Kachtitis, writer
 * The Sisinis family
 * Chrysanthos Sisinis
 * Georgios Sisinis, one of the famous Greek revolutionary leaders of the area