Achlada (Crete)

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Local community Achlada
Τοπική Κοινότητα Αχλάδας (Αχλάδα)
Achlada (Crete) (Greece)
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Basic data
Country GreeceGreece Greece
region Crete
Regional district Heraklion
local community Malevizi
Parish Gazi
Geographic coordinates 35 ° 24 '  N , 25 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 24 '  N , 25 ° 0'  E
Height above d. M. 58  m
surface 21.579 km²
Residents 1015 (2011)
Population density 47.04 inhabitants / km²
LAU-1 code no. 910702
Local division 7 settlements

Achlada ( Greek Αχλάδα [ axlaða ] ( f. Sg. )) Is a local community to Crete . It belongs to the Gazi parish of Malevizi parish .

structure

The place Achlada is formed from the settlements:

  • Achlada (Aχλάδα), population 57.
  • Agia Pelagia (Αγία Πελαγία), 480 pop.
  • Ammoudi (Αμμούδι), 212 pop.
  • Lygaria (Λυγαριά), 118 pop.
  • Mades (Μαδές), 74 pop.
  • Mononaftis (Μονοναύτης), 18 pop.
  • Xirokambos (Ξηρόκαμπος), 56 pop.

Sources of income are sheep breeding and fruit and vegetable growing. There is also a hotel dedicated to ecotourism .

history

The place name is derived from the name for a wild pear tree ( achlada αχλάδα or achras αχράς). In the Venetian archives the village is mentioned as Aclada with 63 inhabitants. At that time it belonged to the Mylopotamos Province in the Rethymno District.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)