Agios Nikolaos (Chania)
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Agios Nikolaos is an islet with a church (Agios Nikolaos) on the northern coast of Crete
in the Aegean Sea
. Administratively, it is located within the municipality of Georgioupoli
, in Chania Prefecture
.
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
in the Aegean Sea
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea[p] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
. Administratively, it is located within the municipality of Georgioupoli
Georgioupoli
Georgioupoli is a resort village and former municipality in the Chania peripheral unit, Crete, Greece.Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Apokoronas, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located 43 km east of Chania, about 22 km west of Rethymno and...
, in Chania Prefecture
Chania Prefecture
Chania is one of the four regional units of Crete; it covers the westernmost quarter of the island. Its capital is the city of Chania. Chania borders only one other regional unit: that of Rethymno to the east. The western part of Crete is bounded to the north by the Cretan Sea, and to the west...
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