List of settlements in the Heraklion prefecture
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  • Archanes
    Archanes
    Archanes is a former municipality in the Heraklion peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archanes-Asterousia, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 4,548 . It is also the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan settlement in...

  • Achentrias
  • Achlada
  • Afrati
  • Agia Foteini, also Agia Fotini
  • Agioi Paraskies
  • Agia Paraskevi
  • Agia Pelagia
  • Agia Varvara
    Agia Varvara, Heraklion
    Agia Varvara is a village and a former municipality in the Heraklion peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortyn, of which it is a municipal unit...

  • Agioi Deka
    Agioi Deka
    Agioi Deka is a village in the Heraklion peripheral unit, Greece, with 796 inhabitants . It is located in the 44th km of the Heraklion-Tympaki national road and it is the centre of the municipality of Gortyna ....

  • Agion Myron
  • Agios Ioannis
  • Agios Kyrillos
  • Agios Nikolaos
  • Agios Semnis
  • Agios Silas
  • Agios Vasileios
  • Agriana
  • Aitania
  • Akamotos
  • Alagni
  • Amariano
  • Amiras
  • Ammoudara
  • Amourgeles
  • Ampelouzos
  • Analypsi
  • Andiskari
  • Amygdalos
  • Ano Akria
  • Ano Kalesia
  • Ano Moulia
  • Anopoli
  • Ano Poulia
  • Ano Vathia
  • Ano Viannos
  • Apesokari
    Apesokari
    Apesokari is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery. It is also a modern village with a population of 131 and is built at 155 m above sea level...

  • Apoinia
  • Aposelemi
  • Apostoloi
  • Archangelos
  • Archontiko
  • Arkalochori
  • Arkadi
  • Armachi
  • Armanogia
  • Arvi
  • Aski
  • Asimi or Assimi
  • Astraki
  • Astritsi
  • Athanati
  • Atsipades
    Atsipades
    Atsipades is a modern village and an archaeological site of a Minoan peak sanctuary in western Crete.-Geography:Atsipades is about 20km south of the modern town of Rethymnon...

  • Avdou
  • Avgeniko
  • Avli

C-D

  • Charakas
  • Charaki
  • Charaso
  • Chersonissos
    Chersonissos
    Hersonissos , also transliterated as Chersonisos and Hersónisos, is a town and a municipality in the north of Crete, bordering the Mediterranean / Aegean Sea. This community is about 25 kilometers east of Heraklion and west of Agios Nikolaos. What is usually called Hersonissos is in fact its...

  • Chochlakies
  • Chontros
  • Choudetsi
  • Choustouliana
  • Dafnes
  • Damania
  • Damasta
    Damasta, Heraklion
    Damasta is a village in the municipality of Malevizi, in the Heraklion Prefecture of Crete, Greece. According to the 2001 census, it numbers 305 inhabitants. The village is first attested in the 16th century. During World War II, it was the site of the Damasta sabotage on 8 August 1944, and the...

  • Demati
  • Dermaros
  • Dionyssis
  • Doraki
  • Douli
  • Drapeti
  • Drosi

E-F

  • Elia
  • Embaros
  • Episkopi
    Episkopi, Heraklion
    Episkopi is a former municipality in the Heraklion peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Hersonissos, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,533 ....

  • Ethia
  • Evangelismos
  • Fafangos
  • Fari
  • Favriana
  • Fodele
  • Foinikia
  • Fournofarangos
  • Fylisia

G-I

  • Galatas
  • Galeni
  • Galia
  • Galipei
  • Garipas
  • Gazi
    Gazi, Crete
    Gazi , Crete, is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion peripheral unit of Crete in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Malevizi, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies 6 km west of Heraklion, on the north coast of Crete...

  • Genna
  • Geraki
  • Gergeri
    Gergeri
    Gergeri is the seat of Rouvas municipality in Heraklion Prefecture in the Greek island of Crete. The population was 1,809. Gergeri's location is at a region called "Pano Riza" of Psiloreiti's, and in that region there are also the villages Panasos,Nivritos,Zaros,Vorizia and Kamares...

  • Giofilakia
  • Gournes
  • Gouves
  • Grigoria
  • Heraklion
    Heraklion
    Heraklion, or Heraclion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete, Greece. It is the 4th largest city in Greece....


K-L

  • Kales Limenes
  • Kallithea
  • Kalloni
  • Kalo Chorio
  • Kalyvia
    Kalyvia, Heraklion
    Kalyvia is a village in the Heraklion Prefecture on southern Crete in Greece. The local area was important in the Minoan era, as manifested by the extensive ruins of nearby Phaistos, a major palatial settlement of the Bronze Age....

  • Kamares
  • Kamari
  • Kamarioti
  • Kaminaki
  • Kandyla or Kandila
  • Kapetaniana
  • Kappariana
  • Karavados
  • Karavochori
  • Kardakiotissa
  • Kasanos
  • Kastamonitsa
  • Kastelli Herakliou
  • Kastelli, in the northeastern part of the Heraklio prefecture
  • Kastelli, between Agia Deka and Moires
  • Katalagari
  • Kato Acharnes
  • Kato Akria
  • Kato Asites
    Kato asites
    Kato Asites is a medium-sized village in the heart of Heraklion, Crete. It is part of the Gorgolainis municipality. It has a population of around 3,000 inhabitants. It is situated 24 km from Heraklion City...

  • Kato Gouves
  • Kato Karouzana
  • Kato Kastelliana
  • Kato Kelesia
  • Kato Moulia
  • Kato Poulia
  • Kato Simi
    Kato Simi
    Kato Symi is a small historic village of Crete, in Heraklion Prefecture, 31 kilometers from Ierapetra and 74 kilometers from Heraklion city. Today it belongs to Viannos municipality and borders with Ierapetra municipality. It lies about 780 meters above sea level, south of Mount Dikti in a...

  • Kato Vigles
  • Kato Viannos
  • Kefalados
  • Keramousi
  • Keratokampos
  • Koumarras
  • Kounavi
  • Koutouloufari
  • Knossos
    Knossos
    Knossos , also known as Labyrinth, or Knossos Palace, is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and probably the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilization and culture. The palace appears as a maze of workrooms, living spaces, and store rooms close to a central square...

  • Kokkini Chani
  • Kokkinos Pyrgos
  • Kolena
  • Kortes
  • Koxari
    Koxari
    Koxari is a village near Iraklion in Crete.It is in the Municipality of Gouves. The village is at an altitude of 180 meters and is 23.3 km from Heraklion.- Historical reports :The village is reported in the following documents:...

  • Kras
  • Krevatas
  • Krotos
    Krotos
    In Greek mythology, Krotos or Crotus was the son of Pan and Eupheme. He dwelt on Mount Helicon and kept company of the Muses, whom his mother had nursed....

  • Krousonas
    Krousonas
    Krousonas is a village and a former municipality in the Heraklion peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Malevizi, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 4,059 ....

  • Kyparissos
  • Lagos
  • Lagouta
  • Larani
  • Lentas
    Lentas
    Lentas or Levin , Lentas is a coastal village 75 km south of Heraklion, on the south coast of Crete in Greece. It belongs to the municipality of Agii Deka .-Origins of the name:...

  • Limenas Chersonissou
  • Linoperamata
  • Listaros
  • Loukia
  • Loures
  • Loutraki
  • Lygotiros
  • Lyttos

M-N

  • Machera
  • Made
  • Magarikari
  • Makres
  • Malades
  • Malia
  • Marathos
  • Martha
  • Matala
  • Mathia
  • Megali Vryssi
  • Melidochori
  • Mesi
  • Mesochori
  • Metaxochori
  • Miamou
    Miamou
    Miamou is a mountain village in Greece 60 km south of Heraklion, on the south of Crete. It belongs to the municipality of Gortyn. It had a population of 122...

  • Milliarades
  • Mitropoli
  • Mochos
  • Moires
    Moires
    Moires is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Faistos, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 10,857 ....

     or Mires
  • Moria
  • Monastiraki
  • Moni
  • Moroni
  • Moulia
  • Mournia
  • Myrtia
  • Nea Alikarnassos
    Nea Alikarnassos
    Nea Alikarnassos is a former municipality in the Heraklion peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Heraklion, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 12,542 . It is located on the north coast of the island and is served by the Nikos...

  • Nea Fortezza
  • Neochori
  • Nipiditos
  • Nisi
  • Nivritos

O–P

  • Oini
  • Oinia
  • Palaiokastro
  • Panorama
  • Paranymfi
  • Partheni
  • Partira
    Partira
    Partira is a small village in Crete. It is located near Arkalochori in the peripheral unit of Heraklion. Its population is 400. In the summer it is warm and sunny almost every day, at winter it is cold and rarely snowy. In the near territory there are some areas like where the residents are...

  • Patsides
  • Patsirida
  • Pefko
  • Pentamoti
  • Peri
  • Petrokefali
  • Peza
    Peza
    Pęza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Piątnica, within Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Piątnica, north of Łomża, and west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

  • Pigadakia
  • Piskopiano
  • Plakiotissa
  • Platanias
  • Platanos
  • Plateia Peramata
  • Plora
  • Pombia
  • Prasas
  • Preveliani
  • Prinias
  • Profitis Ilias
  • Protoria
  • Pyrgos

R-S

  • Rodia
    Rodia, Heraklion
    Rodia or Rogdia is the village and municipality department of Gazi municipality of Heraklion Prefecture on island of Crete ....

  • Roufas
  • Roukani
  • Roussochoria
  • Samba
  • Sfendyli
  • Sgourokefalos
  • Silamos
  • Sisarcha
  • Siva
  • Sivas, Heraklion Sivas
  • Skalani
  • Skinias
  • Skiverochori
  • Skopela
  • Skoteino
  • Smari
    Smari
    Smari is a traditional small Cretan village, only away from the town of Kastelli and only . away from Heraklion, which is the capital of the island of Crete. According to recent official statistical surveys, it has been populated by 418 registered inhabitants...

  • Sokaras
  • Spilia
  • Stalida
  • Stamni
  • Stavrakia
  • Stavles
  • Stironas
  • Stoli
  • Sykologos
    Sykologos
    .Sykologos , is a village in the prefecture of Heraklion, in Crete, Greece. It is the last village that can be found in southeast of Heraklion prefecture. Its population was 359 in 2001 . It is 81.5 km from Heraklion , 16 km from Ano Viannos , 28 km from Ierapetra and 7.5 km from the coastline...


T-V

  • Tefeli
  • Tersta
  • Thomadiana
  • Thrapsanos
  • Tourloti
  • Treis Ekklisies
  • Trypita
  • Tsangaradi
  • Tychos
  • Tylisos
  • Tympaki
    Tympaki
    Tympaki is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Faistos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located on the south coast, between Agia Galini and Matala. Population 10,000...

  • Vachos
  • Vagiona
  • Vakioste
  • Valis
  • Vassiliki
  • Vasilies
  • Venerato
  • Viannos
    Viannos
    Viannos is a municipality in the Heraklion peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Population 6,463 . The seat of the municipality is in Ano Viannos....

  • Voni
    Voni
    Voni is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located just southweast of Kythrea....

  • Vorias
  • Vorizia or Voriza
  • Voros
  • Vourvoulitis
  • Voutes
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