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Faistos () is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Moires. It is named after the ancient city Phaistos, located in the municipality. The municipality has an area of .

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Faistos
Greek Dimos.name_local
Φαιστός
Greek Dimos.type
municipality
Greek Dimos.image_map
2011 Dimos Festou.png
Greek Dimos.periph
Crete
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Heraklion
Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
23921
Greek Dimos.area_municipality
410.8
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.seat
Moires

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Official website

Αρχική - Δήμος Φαιστού

dimosfestou.gr

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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Municipality
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • References

Faistos () is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Moires. It is named after the ancient city Phaistos, located in the municipality. The municipality has an area of .

==Municipality== The municipality Faistos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: Moires Tympaki Zaros

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Faistos Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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