Municipality of Kalamata

The municipality of Kalamata, the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patra, in southern Greece, established by the Kallikratis program on January the 1st in the year, 2011, resulted from the unification of the pre-existing municipalities of Arios, Arfara, Thurias and Kalamata.
The area of the new municipality is 440.3 km2 (170.0 sq ml), and its population is 69,849, according to the 2011 Census. Kalamata is the seat of the municipality.