Agios Vasilios

Municipality of Agios Vasilios
Δήμος Αγίου Βασιλείου

Basic data

State :

Greece

Region :

Crete

Regional District :

Rethymno

Geographic coordinates :

35 ° 12 ′ N , 24 ° 30 ′ E Coordinates: 35 ° 12 ′ N , 24 ° 30 ′ E

Area :

354.33 km²

Residents :

7,427 (2011)

Population density :

21 people / km²

Seat:

Spili

LAU-1 code no .:

7302

Districts :

2 parishes

Local self-government :

27 local communities

Location in the Crete region

Agios Vasilios ( Greek Άγιος Βασίλειος ) is a municipality (Δήμος, Dimos ) in the regional district of Rethymno on the Greek Mediterranean island of Crete . The island forms one of the 13 regions of Greece . The name of the municipality goes back to the village of Agios Vasilios in the municipality, whose name in turn refers to Basilios of Caesarea , one of the three holy hierarchs of the Orthodox Church .

The municipality of Agios Vasilios was formed by merging the municipalities and current municipalities of Lambi and Finikas on the basis of the Kallikratis law from 2010. According to the 2001 census, a total of 8,648 residents lived permanently in the municipality at this time. The administrative seat is in Spili . Until 1997 Lambi and Finikas formed an administrative unit under the name Agios Vasilios with the name Eparchy ('province'), which roughly corresponded to a district .

Parish seat of Spili

Community structure

The municipality of Agios Vasilios is formed from the following local communities and settlements. The population figures come from the results of the 2011 census.

Lambi municipality (Δημοτική Ενότητα Λάμπης), 4,161 pop.
- Local community Agia Galini (Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίας Γαλήνης), 632 pop.
  - Agia Galini (Αγία Γαλήνη), 504 pop.
  - Xirokambos (Ξηρόκαμπος), 28 pop.
- Local community Akoumia (Τοπική Κοινότητα Ακουμίων), 509 pop.
  - Akoumia (Ακούμια), pop. 344.
  - Triopetra (Τριόπετρα), 81 pop.
  - Vryses (Βρύσες), 84 pop.
- Local community Ardaktos (Τοπική Κοινότητα Αρδάκτου), 153 pop.
  - Agia Paraskevi (Αγία Παρασκευή), 13 pop.
  - Aktounda (Ακτούντα), 74 pop.
  - Ardaktos (Άρδακτος), 32 pop.
  - Vatos (Βάτος), 34 pop.
- Local community Drimiskos (Τοπική Κοινότητα Δριμίσκου), 32 pop.
  - Drimiskos (Δρίμισκος)
- Local community Karines (Τοπική Κοινότητα Καρινών), 32 pop.
  - Karines (Καρίνες)
- Local community Kendrochori (Τοπική Κοινότητα Κεντροχωρίου), 79 pop.
  - Kendrochori (Κεντροχώρι), 49 pop.
  - Platanes (Πλατανές), 40 pop.
- Local community Kerames (Τοπική Κοινότητα Κεραμέ), 153 pop
  .
  - Agalianos (Αγαλιανός), 19 pop.
  - Agia Fotini (Αγία Φωτεινή), 5 pop.
  - Kerames (Κεραμές), 129 pop.

Finikas municipality (Δημοτική Ενότητα Φοίνικα), 3,266

Local community Agios Vasilios (Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίου Βασιλείου), 130
- Agios Vasilios (Άγιος Βασίλειος), 130
Local community of Agios Ioannis (Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίου Ιωάννου Αγίου Βασιλείου), 234
- Agios Ioannis (Άγιος Ιωάννης), 74
- Kali Sykea (Καλή Συκέα), 113
- Canvas (Κάνεβος), 47
Local community Angouseliana (Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγκουσελιανών), 272
- Angouseliana (Αγκουσελιανά), 213
- Paleoloutra (Παλαιόλουτρα), 59
Local community Asomatos (Τοπική Κοινότητα Ασωμάτου), 232
- Asomatos (Ασώματος), 230
- Kato Moni Preveli (Κάτω Μονή Πρέβελη), uninhabited
- Piso Moni Preveli (Πίσω Μονή Πρέβελη), 2
Local community Koxare (Τοπική Κοινότητα Κοξαρές), 404
- Atsipades (Ατσιπάδες), 31
- Katsogrida (Κατσογρίδα), 16
- Koxare (Κοξαρέ), 225
- Pale (Παλέ), 132
Local community Lefkogia (Τοπική Κοινότητα Λευκογείων), 363
- Ammoudi (Αμμούδι), 2
- Gianniou (Γιαννιού), 60
- Lefkogia (Λευκόγεια), 283
- Schinaria (Σχοινάρια), 18
Local community Mariou (Τοπική Κοινότητα Μαριού), 339
- Damnoni (Δαμνόνι), 11
- Mariou (Μαριού), 303
- Palea Taverna (Παλαιά Ταβέρνα), 25
Local community Myrthios (Τοπική Κοινότητα Μύρθιου), 488
- Calypso (Καλυψώ), uninhabited
- Kambos (Κάμπος), 70
- Kokkina Chrorafia (Κόκκινα Χωράφια), 5
- Myrthianos Plakias (Μυρθιανός Πλακιάς), 182
- Myrthios (Μύρθιος), 203
- Finikas (Φοίνικας), 28
Local community Rodakino (Τοπική Κοινότητα Ροδακίνου), 264
- Ano Rodakino (Άνω Ροδάκινον), 106
- Kato Rodakino (Κάτω Ροδάκινον), 117
- Korakas (Κόρακας), 11
- Polyrizos (Πολύριζος), 30
Local community Sellia (Τοπική Κοινότητα Σελλίων), 540
- Plakias (Πλακιάς), 143
- Sellia (Σελλία), 316
- Souda (Σούδα), 81

Web links

Commons : Agios Vasilios - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
↑ Information from the Greek statistical office (p. 268/270)

[VZ2011-1] Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)

[2] Information from the Greek statistical office (p. 268/270)