Gerani (Rethymno)

Gerani ( Greek Γεράνι [ ʝɛˈrani ] ( n. Sg. )) Is a local community in the municipality of Nikiforos Fokas in the municipality of Rethymno on the Greek Mediterranean island of Crete .

location

Gerani is about 7 kilometers west of Rethymno . The village lies on a north-facing ridge at a height of about 90 meters. To the east of the village runs the Vederi Gorge ( Farangi Vederon Φαράγγι Βεδέρων), to the north along the coast the highway 90 . The nearest town, Atsipopoulo, is about 3.5 kilometers to the east, the coastal settlement of Petres about 3 kilometers to the west.

history

The rural community of Gerani (Κοινότητα Γερανίου Kinotita Geraniou ) existed from 1932 to 1997. The coastal settlement of Petres was recognized in 1991. With the implementation of the community reform according to the Kapodistrias program in 1997, the merger with 13 other rural communities took place to form the community of Nikiforos Fokas (Δήμος Νικηφόρου Φωκά). This in turn was incorporated into the municipality of Rethymno as part of the 2010 administrative reform , where Gerani has had the status of a local community since then.

Population development of Gerani

Surname	1913	1920	1928	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Gerani	314	277	345	401	389	375	367	370	439	613	821
Petres									63	84	62
total	314	277	345	401	389	375	367	370	502	697	883

Attractions

Gerani cave

The Gerani cave is located near the Chania-Rethymno national road at the level of the bridge at the northeast end of the village. It was discovered by chance in 1969 when the national road was being built; the access was created in the course of blasting work for road construction. During the exploration, the original cave entrance could be verified from the inside. It was closed at the end of the late Neolithic. The stratigraphy from the Early Neolithic II to the Late Neolithic is well preserved. Presumably, the cave was only inhabited sporadically in connection with agricultural cultivation, animal husbandry and fishing. The oldest finds are fossils of a herd of the endemic Pleistocene deer species Candiacervus ropalophorus and Megaloceros cretensis . The cave consists of six rooms with a total area of 1200 square meters. Five rooms follow one another, they are mutually separated by large stalactites and stalagmites. The sixth chamber is on the right, parallel to the first; this was the former natural cave entrance.

Regular events

On Clean Monday the Greek Carnival Monday finds in the village of camel parade (Παρέλαση της Καμήλας) instead.

Others

The public buses of the KTEL network operate three connections between Gerani and Rethymno every day, except on weekends.

Individual evidence

↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to the 2001 census , p. 125 (PDF, 793 kB)

↑ ^a ^b 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)

↑ Population of Gerani 1913–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, digital library (Greek and English)

↑ Σπήλαιο Γερανίου, Οδυσσέας -Portal Greek Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Greek)

↑ Gerani-Höhle, Paleontologie, ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Nederlands Instituut in Athena @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nia.gr
^ Thomas F. Strasser et al .: Stone Age Seafaring in the Mediterranean . Evidence from the Plakias Region for Lower Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Habitation of Crete. In: American School of Classical Studies at Athens (Ed.): Hesperia . tape 79 , no. 2 , 2010, p. 150 ( PDF online ).
↑ Άννα Ι. Πετροχείλου: Σπήλαιο Γερανίου Ρεθύμνου Κρήτης = La grotte de Geraniou a Rethymno, Crete . In: Ελληνική Σπηλαιολογική Εταιρεία (Ed.): Δελτίον Ελληνικής Σπηλαιολογικής Εταιρίας . tape 17 , no. 1 . Athens 1980, p. 51-58 ( PDF online ).
^ Gerani, website of the municipality of Rethymno (Greek) accessed on April 21, 2012
↑ KTEL Chania-Rethymno (ΚΤΕΛ Χανίων-Ρεθύμνου) ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[ESYE2001-1] National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to the 2001 census , p. 125 (PDF, 793 kB)

[VZ2011-2] 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)

[3] Population of Gerani 1913–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, digital library (Greek and English)

[4] Σπήλαιο Γερανίου, Οδυσσέας -Portal Greek Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Greek)